MORN vs. GEN, BEN, GFL, RBA, RTO, TRU, GRAB, IPG, DOCU, and CNM
Should you be buying Morningstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morningstar include Gen Digital (GEN), Franklin Resources (BEN), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), Rentokil Initial (RTO), TransUnion (TRU), Grab (GRAB), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), DocuSign (DOCU), and Core & Main (CNM).
Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) and Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
57.0% of Morningstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Gen Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.9% of Morningstar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Gen Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Morningstar has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gen Digital has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gen Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Morningstar. Gen Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morningstar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gen Digital had 12 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Gen Digital and 6 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Gen Digital's score of 0.21 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Morningstar received 213 more outperform votes than Gen Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.49% of users gave Gen Digital an outperform vote while only 57.43% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote.
Gen Digital has a net margin of 36.84% compared to Morningstar's net margin of 10.13%. Gen Digital's return on equity of 47.34% beat Morningstar's return on equity.
Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Gen Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Morningstar pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gen Digital pays out 23.1% 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. Gen Digital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Morningstar currently has a consensus price target of $320.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.83%. Given Morningstar's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Morningstar is more favorable than Gen Digital.
Summary
Morningstar beats Gen Digital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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