MMS vs. EXLS, WU, PAY, WEX, FOUR, DLO, CBZ, CNXC, ENV, and TNET
Should you be buying Maximus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maximus include ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), Paymentus (PAY), WEX (WEX), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), DLocal (DLO), CBIZ (CBZ), Concentrix (CNXC), Envestnet (ENV), and TriNet Group (TNET). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) and Maximus (NYSE:MMS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Maximus had 4 more articles in the media than ExlService. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Maximus and 6 mentions for ExlService. ExlService's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Maximus' score of 0.43 indicating that Maximus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.9% of ExlService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Maximus shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of ExlService shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Maximus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ExlService has a net margin of 11.32% compared to ExlService's net margin of 3.73%. Maximus' return on equity of 22.83% beat ExlService's return on equity.
ExlService has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maximus has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ExlService currently has a consensus price target of $36.14, suggesting a potential upside of 23.52%. Maximus has a consensus price target of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.30%. Given ExlService's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Maximus is more favorable than ExlService.
ExlService has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Maximus. Maximus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ExlService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ExlService received 99 more outperform votes than Maximus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.78% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote while only 61.08% of users gave ExlService an outperform vote.
Summary
ExlService beats Maximus on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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