AppTech Payments (NASDAQ:APCX – Get Free Report) and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
5.2% of AppTech Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of AppTech Payments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Dropbox shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for AppTech Payments and Dropbox, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AppTech Payments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dropbox | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
Volatility & Risk
AppTech Payments has a beta of -0.18, indicating that its share price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dropbox has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares AppTech Payments and Dropbox”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AppTech Payments | $276,000.00 | 43.42 | -$18.51 million | ($0.48) | -0.75 |
| Dropbox | $2.55 billion | 3.01 | $453.60 million | $1.41 | 18.03 |
Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than AppTech Payments. AppTech Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dropbox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares AppTech Payments and Dropbox’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AppTech Payments | -3,119.45% | -398.98% | -153.45% |
| Dropbox | 17.75% | -132.63% | 19.58% |
Summary
Dropbox beats AppTech Payments on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AppTech Payments
AppTech Payments Corp., a financial technology company, provides electronic payment processing technologies and merchant services in the United States. Its merchant transaction services offer processing payments for credit and debit cards through point-of-sale equipment, e-commerce gateways, periodic automatic clearing house payments, and gift and loyalty programs. The company also offers integrated solutions for frictionless digital and mobile payment acceptance, as well as multi-use case, multi-channel, API-driven, and account-based issuer processing for card, digital tokens, and payment transfer transaction services; hosted ecommerce checkout, a flexible payment gateway; and text payment technology, alternative payment methods (APMs), and contactless payments. In addition, it provides FinZeo, a fintech platform. The company was formerly known as AppTech Corp. AppTech Payments Corp. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
About Dropbox
Dropbox, Inc. provides a content collaboration platform worldwide. The company's platform allows individuals, families, teams, and organizations to collaborate and sign up for free through its website or app, as well as upgrade to a paid subscription plan for premium features. It serves customers in professional services, technology, media, education, industrial, consumer and retail, and financial services industries. The company was formerly known as Evenflow, Inc. and changed its name to Dropbox, Inc. in October 2009. Dropbox, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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