Parsons (PSN) Competitors

$78.58
+1.57 (+2.04%)
(As of 05/10/2024 ET)

PSN vs. AUR, KD, COHR, FCN, CFLT, WEX, NOV, RHI, ULS, and SPSC

Should you be buying Parsons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parsons include Aurora Innovation (AUR), Kyndryl (KD), Coherent (COHR), FTI Consulting (FCN), Confluent (CFLT), WEX (WEX), NOV (NOV), Robert Half (RHI), UL Solutions (ULS), and SPS Commerce (SPSC). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

Parsons vs.

Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ:AUR) and Parsons (NYSE:PSN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

44.7% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Parsons shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Aurora Innovation shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.0% of Parsons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Parsons has a net margin of 0.49% compared to Parsons' net margin of 0.00%. Aurora Innovation's return on equity of 11.27% beat Parsons' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aurora InnovationN/A -41.21% -36.62%
Parsons 0.49%11.27%5.33%

Parsons received 98 more outperform votes than Aurora Innovation when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Aurora Innovation an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aurora InnovationOutperform Votes
6
33.33%
Underperform Votes
12
66.67%
ParsonsOutperform Votes
104
57.14%
Underperform Votes
78
42.86%

Aurora Innovation presently has a consensus target price of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.46%. Parsons has a consensus target price of $83.10, indicating a potential upside of 5.75%. Given Parsons' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Aurora Innovation is more favorable than Parsons.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aurora Innovation
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Parsons
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Parsons has higher revenue and earnings than Aurora Innovation. Aurora Innovation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aurora Innovation$68M72.70-$796M-$0.55-5.85
Parsons$5.44B2.12$161.15M$0.18436.58

Aurora Innovation has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parsons has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Aurora Innovation had 5 more articles in the media than Parsons. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Aurora Innovation and 9 mentions for Parsons. Parsons' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Aurora Innovation's score of 0.49 indicating that Aurora Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aurora Innovation
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Parsons
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Parsons beats Aurora Innovation on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PSN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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PSN vs. The Competition

MetricParsonsComputer integrated systems design IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.53B$3.26B$6.79B$17.89B
Dividend YieldN/A1.33%2.81%3.47%
P/E Ratio436.5826.6517.6522.86
Price / Sales2.129.211,006.8010.04
Price / Cash23.3015.4628.3817.93
Price / Book5.145.284.916.05
Net Income$161.15M$3.41M$117.71M$966.66M
7 Day Performance0.14%0.23%0.44%1.48%
1 Month Performance-2.28%-2.14%0.44%2.59%
1 Year Performance77.22%12.76%8.14%131.38%

Parsons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AUR
Aurora Innovation
0.6317 of 5 stars
$3.39
+1.8%
$3.75
+10.6%
+120.5%$5.20B$68M-5.561,800Short Interest ↑
KD
Kyndryl
1.231 of 5 stars
$20.78
-0.6%
$26.00
+25.2%
+95.6%$4.78B$17.03B-4.5990,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
COHR
Coherent
1.9934 of 5 stars
$55.30
-4.5%
$58.27
+5.4%
+84.1%$8.40B$5.16B-19.6826,622Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
FCN
FTI Consulting
4.4033 of 5 stars
$221.11
+0.4%
$255.00
+15.3%
+25.2%$7.89B$3.49B25.717,990Insider Selling
News Coverage
CFLT
Confluent
3.2856 of 5 stars
$27.83
-2.8%
$30.64
+10.1%
+24.7%$8.70B$776.95M-18.932,744Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WEX
WEX
4.3409 of 5 stars
$211.66
+1.1%
$240.00
+13.4%
+18.5%$8.87B$2.55B34.425,500
NOV
NOV
4.9112 of 5 stars
$18.97
+0.4%
$24.07
+26.9%
+24.6%$7.50B$8.58B7.6233,676
RHI
Robert Half
4.4435 of 5 stars
$69.98
0.0%
$68.14
-2.6%
+5.4%$7.34B$6.39B20.9515,000Insider Selling
News Coverage
ULS
UL Solutions
1.233 of 5 stars
$35.77
-0.8%
$40.30
+12.7%
N/A$7.15BN/A0.0015,233Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.7115 of 5 stars
$192.68
+2.0%
$196.57
+2.0%
+23.6%$7.13B$536.91M105.292,489Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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