Contrasting Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG) and Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW)

Flywire (NASDAQ:FLYW) and Global Business Travel Group (NYSE:GBTG) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Flywire and Global Business Travel Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flywire	4.45%	3.78%	2.61%
Global Business Travel Group	2.93%	2.51%	0.81%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.9% of Flywire shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Global Business Travel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Flywire shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Global Business Travel Group shares are owned by 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.

Volatility & Risk

Flywire has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Business Travel Group has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Flywire and Global Business Travel Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flywire	0	6	9	0	2.60
Global Business Travel Group	0	6	2	0	2.25

Flywire presently has a consensus price target of $18.77, indicating a potential upside of 3.86%. Global Business Travel Group has a consensus price target of $8.90, indicating a potential downside of 5.47%. Given Flywire’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flywire is more favorable than Global Business Travel Group.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Flywire and Global Business Travel Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flywire	$623.03 million	3.58	$13.50 million	$0.23	78.57
Global Business Travel Group	$2.72 billion	1.81	$109.00 million	$0.17	55.38

Global Business Travel Group has higher revenue and earnings than Flywire. Global Business Travel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flywire, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Flywire beats Global Business Travel Group on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Flywire

Flywire Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a payments enablement and software company in the United States and internationally. Its payment platform and network, and vertical-specific software help clients to get paid and help their customers to pay. The company’s platform facilitates payment flows across multiple currencies, payment types, and payment options, as well as provides direct connections to alternative payment methods, such as Alipay, Boleto, PayPal/Venmo, and Trustly. It serves education, healthcare, travel, and business to business organizations. The company was formerly known as peerTransfer Corporation and changed its name to Flywire Corporation in December 2016. Flywire Corporation was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

About Global Business Travel Group

Global Business Travel Group, Inc. provides business-to-business (B2B) travel platform in the United States and internationally. The company's platform offers a suite of technology-enabled solutions to business travelers and clients; travel content suppliers, such as airlines, hotels, ground transportation, and aggregators; and third-party travel agencies. It also provides consulting, meetings and events planning, and outsourced services. Global Business Travel Group, Inc. is based in New York, New York.