Comparing NCR Atleos (NATL) & Its Peers

NCR Atleos (NYSE:NATL) is one of 345 publicly-traded companies in the “Financial Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare NCR Atleos to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Dividends

NCR Atleos pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. NCR Atleos pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Financial Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.9% and pay out -103.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. NCR Atleos lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Volatility and Risk

NCR Atleos has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NCR Atleos’ competitors have a beta of 2.21, meaning that their average stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares NCR Atleos and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
NCR Atleos	$4.42 billion	$162.00 million	17.83
NCR Atleos Competitors	$6.68 billion	$1.08 billion	10.53

NCR Atleos’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than NCR Atleos. NCR Atleos is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for NCR Atleos and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NCR Atleos	0	4	1	0	2.20
NCR Atleos Competitors	1894	6809	11510	414	2.51

NCR Atleos currently has a consensus target price of $50.27, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. As a group, “Financial Services” companies have a potential upside of 4.07%. Given NCR Atleos’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe NCR Atleos is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares NCR Atleos and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NCR Atleos	4.44%	83.41%	5.87%
NCR Atleos Competitors	-405.72%	-21.94%	-5.67%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.7% of NCR Atleos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of NCR Atleos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Financial Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

NCR Atleos competitors beat NCR Atleos on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About NCR Atleos

NCR Atleos Corporation operates as a financial technology company in the United States, rest of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Self-Service Banking, Network, and Telecommunications & Technology (T&T). The Self-Service Banking segment offers solutions, including a line of automated teller machine (ATM) and interactive teller machine (ITM) hardware and software, as well as related installation, maintenance, and managed and professional services; and solutions to manage and run the ATM channel end-to-end for financial institutions comprising back office, cash management, software management and ATM deployment, and others. The Network segment provides a network of ATMs and multi-functioning financial services kiosks for financial institutions, fintechs, neobanks, and retailers; Allpoint network for credit unions, banks, digital banks, fintechs, stored-value debit card issuers, and other consumer financial services providers; ReadyCode to convert a digital value to cash or cash to a digital value; ATM branding solutions to financial institutions; ATM management and services to retailers and other businesses; and engages in the buying and selling of Bitcoins. The T&T segment offers managed network and infrastructure services to enterprise clients across various industries through communications service providers and technology manufacturers; and professional, field, and remote services for modern network technologies, including software-defined wide area networking, network functions virtualization, wireless local area networks, optical networking, and edge networks. NCR Atleos Corporation is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.