DXC vs. ATHM, FIVN, RNG, CLVT, STNE, PEGA, YY, BILI, UPWK, and SSTK
Should you be buying DXC Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DXC Technology include Autohome (ATHM), Five9 (FIVN), RingCentral (RNG), Clarivate (CLVT), StoneCo (STNE), Pegasystems (PEGA), JOYY (YY), Bilibili (BILI), Upwork (UPWK), and Shutterstock (SSTK). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) and Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) 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 community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Autohome had 1 more articles in the media than DXC Technology. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Autohome and 9 mentions for DXC Technology. Autohome's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat DXC Technology's score of 0.68 indicating that Autohome is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DXC Technology presently has a consensus price target of $23.20, suggesting a potential upside of 18.25%. Autohome has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.62%. Given Autohome's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Autohome is more favorable than DXC Technology.
DXC Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Autohome pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. DXC Technology pays out -44.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Autohome pays out 52.8% 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. DXC Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Autohome has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DXC Technology. DXC Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autohome, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Autohome has a net margin of 26.14% compared to DXC Technology's net margin of -3.35%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 19.00% beat Autohome's return on equity.
DXC Technology has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autohome has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DXC Technology received 59 more outperform votes than Autohome when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.37% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Autohome an outperform vote.
96.2% of DXC Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Autohome shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of DXC Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Autohome 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.
Summary
Autohome beats DXC Technology on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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