FDS vs. APP, J, GRAB, OMC, TRU, RTO, RBA, GEN, BAH, and APTV
Should you be buying FactSet Research Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FactSet Research Systems include AppLovin (APP), Jacobs Solutions (J), Grab (GRAB), Omnicom Group (OMC), TransUnion (TRU), Rentokil Initial (RTO), RB Global (RBA), Gen Digital (GEN), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), and Aptiv (APTV). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) and AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
FactSet Research Systems currently has a consensus target price of $442.70, indicating a potential upside of 5.51%. AppLovin has a consensus target price of $61.07, indicating a potential downside of 12.43%. Given FactSet Research Systems' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FactSet Research Systems is more favorable than AppLovin.
FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppLovin has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to AppLovin's net margin of 10.84%. FactSet Research Systems' return on equity of 34.36% beat AppLovin's return on equity.
FactSet Research Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AppLovin. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppLovin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of AppLovin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of AppLovin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FactSet Research Systems received 232 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 47.02% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote while only 42.98% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FactSet Research Systems had 4 more articles in the media than AppLovin. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for FactSet Research Systems and 15 mentions for AppLovin. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat FactSet Research Systems' score of 0.60 indicating that AppLovin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
FactSet Research Systems and AppLovin tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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