EXPN vs. FERG, RR, AHT, BA, RTO, IAG, HLMA, MRO, ITRK, and REL
Should you be buying Experian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Experian include Ferguson (FERG), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR), Ashtead Group (AHT), BAE Systems (BA), Rentokil Initial (RTO), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Halma (HLMA), Melrose Industries (MRO), Intertek Group (ITRK), and Relx (REL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Experian (LON:EXPN) and Ferguson (LON:FERG) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 18 more articles in the media than Experian. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ferguson and 2 mentions for Experian. Experian's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Ferguson's score of -0.02 indicating that Experian is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Experian presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,394, suggesting a potential upside of 4.24%. Ferguson has a consensus target price of £105.70, suggesting a potential downside of 37.79%. Given Experian's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Experian is more favorable than Ferguson.
Experian has a net margin of 15.20% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 6.00%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.72% beat Experian's return on equity.
58.1% of Experian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Experian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ferguson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Experian pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of GBX 248 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Experian pays out 4,943.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ferguson pays out 3,636.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ferguson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Experian has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Experian. Ferguson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Experian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Experian received 358 more outperform votes than Ferguson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.47% of users gave Experian an outperform vote while only 66.53% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote.
Summary
Ferguson beats Experian on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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