Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO) versus Pax Global Tech (OTCMKTS:PXGYF) Critical Contrast

Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO) and Pax Global Tech (OTCMKTS:PXGYF) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Freightos and Pax Global Tech, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freightos	1	0	1	0	2.00
Pax Global Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00

Freightos currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.41%. Given Freightos’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Freightos is more favorable than Pax Global Tech.

Volatility & Risk

Freightos has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its share price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pax Global Tech has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Freightos and Pax Global Tech”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Freightos	$29.46 million	3.02	-$17.52 million	($0.35)	-4.94
Pax Global Tech	$774.67 million	0.81	$91.46 million	N/A	N/A

Pax Global Tech has higher revenue and earnings than Freightos.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

22.7% of Freightos shares are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of Freightos shares are held by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares Freightos and Pax Global Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freightos	-59.46%	-37.28%	-25.50%
Pax Global Tech	N/A	N/A	N/A

About Freightos

Freightos Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates a vendor-neutral booking and payment platform for international freight. It operates WebCargo, a platform for connecting carriers and forwarders; and Freightos.com, a platform for connecting service providers to importers/exporters. The company also offers software-as-a-service solutions, such as WebCargo Air for airline rates and ebookings; WebCargo AcceleRate, a multi-modal rate repository; data services; and WebCargo Airline Control Panel that enables airlines to control bookings and optimize pricing with real-time booking analytics. In addition, it provides digital customs brokerage services. The company is based in Jerusalem, Israel.

About Pax Global Tech

PAX Global Technology Limited, an investment holding company, develops and sells electronic funds transfer point-of-sale products in Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, the United States, and Italy. Its E-payment terminal products include smart E-payment solutions; and android smartPOS, android smart tablet, unattended payment products, PINpad, and Minipigs and mPOS. The company also develops MAXSTORE, a cloud-based Software as a Service platform that provides one-stop terminal management and valu-added services; paxRhino, a key injection service; and CyberLab, a payment application cloud test platform that provides professional one-stop online debugging and testing service. In addition, it offers payment solutions services, and maintenance and installation services. PAX Global Technology Limited was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.