Reviewing CURRENC Group (NASDAQ:CURR) and CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ)

CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) and CURRENC Group (NASDAQ:CURR) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of CURRENC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of CURRENC 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares CBIZ and CURRENC Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CBIZ	$1.59 billion	2.70	$120.97 million	$2.36	36.25
CURRENC Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

CBIZ has higher revenue and earnings than CURRENC Group.

Profitability

This table compares CBIZ and CURRENC Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBIZ	7.08%	15.12%	6.16%
CURRENC Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for CBIZ and CURRENC Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBIZ	0	0	1	0	3.00
CURRENC Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

CBIZ presently has a consensus target price of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.52%. Given CBIZ’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CBIZ is more favorable than CURRENC Group.

Risk and Volatility

CBIZ has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CURRENC Group has a beta of -0.27, meaning that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CBIZ beats CURRENC Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CBIZ

CBIZ, Inc. provides financial, insurance, and advisory services in the United States and Canada. It operates through Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services, and National Practices segments. The Financial Services segment offers accounting and tax, financial advisory, valuation, risk and advisory, and government healthcare consulting services. The Benefits and Insurance Services provides employee benefits consulting, payroll/human capital management, property and casualty insurance, and retirement and investment services. The National Practices segment offers information technology managed networking and hardware, and health care consulting services. The company primarily serves small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and not-for-profit enterprises. CBIZ, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Independence, Ohio.

About CURRENC Group

Currenc Group, Inc. engages in operating a fintech banking platform. It operates through the following segments: Remittance Services, Sales of Airtime, and Other Services. The company is headquartered in Singapore.