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Is Repay (RPAY) Stock Outpacing Its Business Services Peers This Year?

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The Business Services group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Has Repay Holdings (RPAY - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Business Services sector should help us answer this question.

Repay Holdings is one of 248 individual stocks in the Business Services sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #10 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank includes 16 different groups and is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors.

The Zacks Rank is a proven model that highlights a variety of stocks with the right characteristics to outperform the market over the next one to three months. The system emphasizes earnings estimate revisions and favors companies with improving earnings outlooks. Repay Holdings is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Over the past three months, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for RPAY's full-year earnings has moved 33.3% higher. This means that analyst sentiment is stronger and the stock's earnings outlook is improving.

Based on the latest available data, RPAY has gained about 4.1% so far this year. In comparison, Business Services companies have returned an average of -13.1%. This means that Repay Holdings is outperforming the sector as a whole this year.

Another stock in the Business Services sector, Sezzle Inc. (SEZL - Free Report) , has outperformed the sector so far this year. The stock's year-to-date return is 68.4%.

For Sezzle Inc., the consensus EPS estimate for the current year has increased 3% over the past three months. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

To break things down more, Repay Holdings belongs to the Financial Transaction Services industry, a group that includes 37 individual companies and currently sits at #181 in the Zacks Industry Rank. This group has lost an average of 13.3% so far this year, so RPAY is performing better in this area. Sezzle Inc. is also part of the same industry.

Investors with an interest in Business Services stocks should continue to track Repay Holdings and Sezzle Inc.. These stocks will be looking to continue their solid performance.

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