Upexi (NASDAQ:UPXI) & Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) Financial Contrast

Upexi (NASDAQ:UPXI) and Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Upexi and Flywire”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Upexi	$25.00 million	3.81	-$246.07 million	($4.06)	-0.27
Flywire	$623.03 million	3.60	$13.50 million	$0.26	70.88

Flywire has higher revenue and earnings than Upexi. Upexi is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flywire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Upexi and Flywire’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Upexi	-984.34%	-157.49%	-22.60%
Flywire	4.77%	4.08%	2.81%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

5.7% of Upexi shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Flywire shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Upexi shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Flywire shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Upexi has a beta of -0.26, meaning that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flywire has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Upexi and Flywire, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Upexi	1	0	1	0	2.00
Flywire	0	7	8	0	2.53

Upexi presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 362.96%. Flywire has a consensus price target of $20.23, suggesting a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Upexi’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Upexi is more favorable than Flywire.

Summary

Flywire beats Upexi on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Upexi

Upexi, Inc. manufactures and sells various branded products in the health, wellness, pet, beauty, and other markets. The company was formerly known as Grove, Inc. and changed its name to Upexi, Inc. in August 2022. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Clearwater, Florida.

About Flywire

Flywire Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a payments enablement and software company in the United States and internationally. Its payment platform and network, and vertical-specific software help clients to get paid and help their customers to pay. The company’s platform facilitates payment flows across multiple currencies, payment types, and payment options, as well as provides direct connections to alternative payment methods, such as Alipay, Boleto, PayPal/Venmo, and Trustly. It serves education, healthcare, travel, and business to business organizations. The company was formerly known as peerTransfer Corporation and changed its name to Flywire Corporation in December 2016. Flywire Corporation was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.