Head-To-Head Analysis: OMNIQ (NASDAQ:OMQS) versus Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY)

OMNIQ (NASDAQ:OMQS) and Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for OMNIQ and Waystar, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OMNIQ	0	0	0	0	0.00
Waystar	0	0	10	1	3.09

Waystar has a consensus price target of $35.10, suggesting a potential downside of 12.86%. Given Waystar’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waystar is more favorable than OMNIQ.

Profitability

This table compares OMNIQ and Waystar’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OMNIQ	-34.33%	N/A	-61.97%
Waystar	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares OMNIQ and Waystar”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OMNIQ	$81.19 million	0.04	-$29.43 million	($2.63)	-0.10
Waystar	$791.01 million	8.76	-$51.33 million	N/A	N/A

OMNIQ has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Waystar.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

5.7% of OMNIQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of OMNIQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Waystar beats OMNIQ on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About OMNIQ

OMNIQ Corp. provides artificial intelligence-based solutions in the United States. The company provides artificial intelligence technology to deliver data collection, real-time surveillance, and monitoring for supply chain management, homeland security, public safety, traffic and parking management, and access control applications. It offers solutions which includes hardware, software, communications, and automated management services; technical service and support; distributes barcode labels, tags, and ribbons, as well as RFID labels and tags; and provides printing solutions, credit card terminals, automatic kiosks, and point-of-care units, as well as packaged and configurable software, and mobile and wireless equipment. In addition, the company offers suite of configurable packaged software solutions comprises order entry, an access to real-time information and up-to-date data to facilitates and streamline job function; intelligent order entry, a link in getting remote orders from the field to corporate; warehouse, a collection of applications for portable devices that extend the existing system out to the warehouse floor and dock doors; proof of delivery which offers proof-of-delivery capabilities; Quest Total solutions as a service, mobile-services offering that includes hardware, software, and wireless data in a bundled subscription; and media and label business that provides data collection from ongoing and repeatable purchasing business. It sells its products to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies in various sectors, including healthcare, food and beverage, manufacturing, retail, distribution, and transportation and logistics sectors. The company was formerly known as Quest Solution, Inc. OMNIQ Corp. was incorporated in 1973 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

About Waystar

Waystar Holding Corp. is a software company which provide healthcare payments. Waystar Holding Corp. is based in LEHI, Utah.