Reviewing Playtech (PYTCF) and Its Peers

Playtech (OTCMKTS:PYTCF) is one of 385 public companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Playtech to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Playtech and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Playtech	N/A	N/A	N/A
Playtech Competitors	-10.73%	-36.75%	1.82%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

29.1% of Playtech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Playtech and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Playtech	N/A	N/A	10.41
Playtech Competitors	$3.64 billion	$246.09 million	11.18

Playtech’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Playtech. Playtech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Playtech and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Playtech	1	1	2	0	2.25
Playtech Competitors	3679	16793	24795	860	2.50

As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 67.70%. Given Playtech’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Playtech has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Playtech pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Playtech pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.4% and pay out 45.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Playtech rivals beat Playtech on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Playtech

Playtech plc, a technology company, provides gambling software, services, content, and platform technologies worldwide. The company offers technologies across various product verticals, including live casino, sports, bingo, virtual sports, and poker. It also owns the intellectual property rights and licenses the software; provides digital marketing and advertising, consulting and online technical support, data mining processing, turnkey, live game, and video stream services; and operates betting shops. In addition, the company designs, develops, and sells software. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Douglas, the Isle of Man.