BB Seguridade Participacoes (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) & Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) Head-To-Head Review

BB Seguridade Participacoes (OTCMKTS:BBSEY) and Lesaka Technologies (NASDAQ:LSAK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for BB Seguridade Participacoes and Lesaka Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BB Seguridade Participacoes	0	3	0	0	2.00
Lesaka Technologies	1	1	0	0	1.50

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of BB Seguridade Participacoes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Lesaka Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BB Seguridade Participacoes and Lesaka Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BB Seguridade Participacoes	$1.85 billion	8.74	$1.61 billion	$0.90	9.26
Lesaka Technologies	$328.70 million	1.16	-$87.50 million	($0.35)	-12.69

BB Seguridade Participacoes has higher revenue and earnings than Lesaka Technologies. Lesaka Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BB Seguridade Participacoes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares BB Seguridade Participacoes and Lesaka Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BB Seguridade Participacoes	87.94%	79.22%	43.59%
Lesaka Technologies	-4.11%	-15.95%	-4.30%

Risk and Volatility

BB Seguridade Participacoes has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lesaka Technologies has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BB Seguridade Participacoes beats Lesaka Technologies on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BB Seguridade Participacoes

BB Seguridade Participações S.A., through its subsidiaries operates in the insurance, pension plans, and bonds, businesses in Brazil. The company operates through Security and Brokerage segments. The Security segment offers life, property, rural, special risks and financial, transport, hulls, and housing people insurance products. It also offers pension plans, dental, and capitalization plans. The Brokerage segment engages in the brokerage, management, and promotion of pension plans, capitalization, capitalization, and dental plans. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Brasilia, Brazil. BB Seguridade Participações S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Banco do Brasil S.A.

About Lesaka Technologies

Lesaka Technologies, Inc. operates as a Fintech company that utilizes its proprietary banking and payment technologies to deliver financial services solutions to merchants (B2B) and consumers (B2C) in Southern Africa. It offers cash management solutions, growth capital, card acquiring, bill payment technologies, and value-added services to formal and informal retail merchants, as well as banking, lending, and insurance solutions to consumers across Southern Africa. The company also engages in the sale of POS devices, SIM cards, and other consumables; and license of rights to use certain technology developed by the company, as well as offers related technology services. The company was formerly known as Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Lesaka Technologies, Inc. in May 2022. Lesaka Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.