CSGS vs. SSTK, UPWK, ETWO, CARS, TASK, YY, YEXT, EVTC, SOHU, and TCX
Should you be buying CSG Systems International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSG Systems International include Shutterstock (SSTK), Upwork (UPWK), E2open Parent (ETWO), Cars.com (CARS), TaskUs (TASK), JOYY (YY), Yext (YEXT), EVERTEC (EVTC), Sohu.com (SOHU), and Tucows (TCX). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
CSG Systems International (NASDAQ:CSGS) and Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
CSG Systems International has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CSG Systems International pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CSG Systems International pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Shutterstock is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CSG Systems International currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.36%. Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $62.50, indicating a potential upside of 46.34%. Given Shutterstock's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than CSG Systems International.
Shutterstock has a net margin of 12.61% compared to CSG Systems International's net margin of 5.67%. CSG Systems International's return on equity of 27.67% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.
In the previous week, CSG Systems International had 9 more articles in the media than Shutterstock. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CSG Systems International and 4 mentions for Shutterstock. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat CSG Systems International's score of 0.35 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.1% of CSG Systems International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of CSG Systems International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.3% of Shutterstock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Shutterstock received 61 more outperform votes than CSG Systems International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.69% of users gave CSG Systems International an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Shutterstock an outperform vote.
Shutterstock has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CSG Systems International. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSG Systems International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Shutterstock beats CSG Systems International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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