IT vs. GPN, VRSK, FIS, EFX, WCN, PAYX, APP, SQ, RKT, and KSPI
Should you be buying Gartner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gartner include Global Payments (GPN), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Equifax (EFX), Waste Connections (WCN), Paychex (PAYX), AppLovin (APP), Block (SQ), Rocket Companies (RKT), and Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gartner currently has a consensus price target of $477.60, suggesting a potential upside of 6.42%. Global Payments has a consensus price target of $151.92, suggesting a potential upside of 21.96%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Gartner.
Global Payments received 603 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.26% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gartner had 4 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gartner and 10 mentions for Global Payments. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Gartner's score of 0.55 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gartner has a net margin of 14.94% compared to Global Payments' net margin of 10.22%. Gartner's return on equity of 156.35% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
Gartner has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than Gartner. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gartner beats Global Payments on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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