FOUR vs. TNET, MMS, EXLS, WU, NVEI, DLO, CNXC, CBZ, ENV, and PAY
Should you be buying Shift4 Payments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shift4 Payments include TriNet Group (TNET), Maximus (MMS), ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), Nuvei (NVEI), DLocal (DLO), Concentrix (CNXC), CBIZ (CBZ), Envestnet (ENV), and Paymentus (PAY). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
TriNet Group (NYSE:TNET) and Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
96.8% of TriNet Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 37.1% of TriNet Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
TriNet Group received 285 more outperform votes than Shift4 Payments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave TriNet Group an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave Shift4 Payments an outperform vote.
TriNet Group has a net margin of 6.78% compared to TriNet Group's net margin of 3.36%. Shift4 Payments' return on equity of 124.38% beat TriNet Group's return on equity.
TriNet Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Shift4 Payments had 3 more articles in the media than TriNet Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Shift4 Payments and 6 mentions for TriNet Group. TriNet Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Shift4 Payments' score of 0.38 indicating that Shift4 Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TriNet Group presently has a consensus price target of $117.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.19%. Shift4 Payments has a consensus price target of $84.95, indicating a potential upside of 43.06%. Given TriNet Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shift4 Payments is more favorable than TriNet Group.
TriNet Group has higher revenue and earnings than Shift4 Payments. TriNet Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shift4 Payments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
TriNet Group and Shift4 Payments tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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