Head to Head Review: Samsara (NYSE:IOT) vs. GMO Payment Gateway (OTCMKTS:GMYTF)

Samsara (NYSE:IOT) and GMO Payment Gateway (OTCMKTS:GMYTF) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Samsara and GMO Payment Gateway’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Samsara	$937.39 million	21.14	-$286.73 million	($0.53)	-67.91
GMO Payment Gateway	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

GMO Payment Gateway has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Samsara.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Samsara and GMO Payment Gateway, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Samsara	0	4	5	0	2.56
GMO Payment Gateway	0	0	0	0	N/A

Samsara presently has a consensus target price of $32.60, suggesting a potential downside of 9.42%. Given Samsara’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Samsara is more favorable than GMO Payment Gateway.

Profitability

This table compares Samsara and GMO Payment Gateway’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Samsara	-30.59%	-22.90%	-12.81%
GMO Payment Gateway	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.4% of Samsara shares are held by institutional investors. 66.1% of Samsara shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Samsara beats GMO Payment Gateway on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Samsara

Samsara Inc. provides solutions that connects physical operations data to its connected operations cloud in the United States and internationally. The company's Connected Operations Cloud includes Data Platform, which ingests, aggregates, and enriches data from its IoT devices and has embedded capabilities for AI, workflows and analytics, alerts, API connections, and data security and privacy. Its applications include video-based safety that enables customers to build a safety program and protect their teams with AI-enabled video; vehicle telematics which provides visibility into real-time vehicle location and diagnostics with GPS tracking, routing and dispatch, fuel efficiency management, electric vehicle usage and charge planning, preventative maintenance, and insights to manage fuel and energy costs; and mobile apps and workflows that improves productivity for frontline workers and enables regulatory compliance for workers to see upcoming jobs, capture electronic documents, perform maintenance inspections, maintain compliance logs, and message with back-office administration. The company also provides equipment monitoring which offers visibility and management of unpowered and powered assets, ranging from generators and compressors to heavy construction equipment and trailers to improve operating efficiency, prevent unplanned downtime, and avoid critical safety and compliance issues; and site visibility that provides remote visibility into sites to improve onsite security, safety, and incident response times. It serves transportation, wholesale and retail trade, construction, field services, logistics, utilities and energy, healthcare and education, manufacturing, food and beverage, and other industries, as well as government. Samsara Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About GMO Payment Gateway

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial services and integrated payment related services. The company offers online payment system comprising PG multi-payment service, a payment system that allows to select payment methods, such as credit card payment and CVS payment; Ginko Pay Base System, a smartphone app that enables payments to be made by an immediate debit from the bank account; and GMO-PG processing platform, which helps financial institutions and financial service providers in the business of payment-related services by enabling payment infrastructure building, as well as security and GMO payment after delivery services. It also provides global payment services; and early payment, GMO-PG remittance, guarantees, and transaction lending services. In addition, the company offers online advertising services consisting of administrative services for listing ads that use Yahoo! Promotional advertising, and Google AdWords; and administrative services for Facebook Ads, Google Analytics, etc. Further, it provides website analysis support, consulting, and other support services. GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Shibuya, Japan.