Contrasting OneConnect Financial Technology (NYSE:OCFT) and Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR)
Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR) and OneConnect Financial Technology (NYSE:OCFT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Sabre and OneConnect Financial Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sabre | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| OneConnect Financial Technology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Sabre presently has a consensus price target of $9.40, indicating a potential upside of 7.67%. OneConnect Financial Technology has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.33%. Given OneConnect Financial Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe OneConnect Financial Technology is more favorable than Sabre.
Profitability
This table compares Sabre and OneConnect Financial Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sabre | -21.85% | -51.05% | -6.40% |
| OneConnect Financial Technology | -19.82% | -13.63% | -6.44% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Sabre and OneConnect Financial Technology’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sabre | $3.97 billion | 0.70 | $158.59 million | $0.83 | 10.52 |
| OneConnect Financial Technology | $330.51 million | 23.42 | -$240.28 million | ($0.75) | -28.21 |
Sabre has higher revenue and earnings than OneConnect Financial Technology. OneConnect Financial Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
95.1% of Sabre shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.2% of OneConnect Financial Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Sabre shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sabre beats OneConnect Financial Technology on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
Sabre Company Profile
Sabre Corporation, through its subsidiary, Sabre Holdings Corporation, provides technology solutions to the travel and tourism industry worldwide. It operates in three segments: Travel Network, Airline Solutions, and Hospitality Solutions. The Travel Network segment operates as a business-to-business travel marketplace that offers travel content, such as inventory, prices, and availability from a range of travel suppliers, including airlines, hotels, car rental brands, rail carriers, cruise lines, and tour operators with a network of travel buyers comprising online and offline travel agencies, travel management companies, and corporate travel departments. The Airline Solutions segment provides a portfolio of software technology products and solutions through software-as-a-service (SaaS) and hosted delivery models to airlines and other travel suppliers. Its products include SabreSonic Customer Sales & Service, a reservation system that provides capabilities around managing sales and customer service across an airline’s touch points; Sabre AirVision Marketing & Planning, a set of airline commercial planning solutions; and Sabre AirCentre Enterprise Operations, a set of solutions for planning and management of airline, airport, and customer operations. The Hospitality Solutions segment provides software and solutions to hoteliers through SaaS and hosted delivery model. It offers SynXis, a central reservation system; SynXis Property Manager Solution for property management; and marketing, professional, and revenue management services. Sabre Corporation has strategic partnership with Google to develop an artificial intelligence (ai)-driven technology platform. sThe company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.
OneConnect Financial Technology Company Profile
OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. provides cloud-platform-based Fintech solutions, and online information and operating support services for financial institutions in the People’s Republic of China. It offers digital retail banking, small and medium enterprises (SME) financing and services, retail and SME banking risk-management, auto insurance operations and services, asset management, asset-liability management, artificial intelligence customer service, core systems, and insurance sales management solutions. The company also operates Regtech, an end-to-end regulatory solution to help regulatory authorities automate and digitalize their operations; Gamma O, an open API platform-as-a-service for reusable financial technology components and integrations; and Blockchain network-as-a-service. In addition, it provides technology infrastructure, such as data management and cloud services. The company serves customers in the financial services industry, including banking, insurance, and asset management. OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People’s Republic of China. OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. has a strategic agreement with the Hainan Local Financial Supervision Administration to develop smart financial and smart supervision services in the island province of Hainan, as well as the financial sector in Hainan free trade port. OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Sen Rong Limited.
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