Parsons (PSN) Competitors

$76.51
-0.04 (-0.05%)
(As of 05/17/2024 ET)

PSN vs. KD, AUR, WPP, PATH, ESTC, CLH, IPG, CNM, GFL, and DOCU

Should you be buying Parsons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parsons include Kyndryl (KD), Aurora Innovation (AUR), WPP (WPP), UiPath (PATH), Elastic (ESTC), Clean Harbors (CLH), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Core & Main (CNM), GFL Environmental (GFL), and DocuSign (DOCU). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

Parsons vs.

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

71.5% of Kyndryl shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Parsons shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Kyndryl shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.0% of Parsons shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kyndryl presently has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.59%. Parsons has a consensus target price of $83.10, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Kyndryl's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Parsons is more favorable than Kyndryl.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kyndryl
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Parsons
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Kyndryl has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parsons has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Kyndryl had 4 more articles in the media than Parsons. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Kyndryl and 10 mentions for Parsons. Parsons' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Kyndryl's score of 0.05 indicating that Kyndryl is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kyndryl
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Parsons
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Parsons has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kyndryl. Kyndryl 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
Kyndryl$16.05B0.40-$340M-$1.49-18.64
Parsons$5.44B2.06$161.15M$0.18425.08

Parsons has a net margin of 0.49% compared to Parsons' net margin of -2.12%. Kyndryl's return on equity of 11.27% beat Parsons' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kyndryl-2.12% -4.01% -0.46%
Parsons 0.49%11.27%5.33%

Parsons received 97 more outperform votes than Kyndryl when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote while only 41.18% of users gave Kyndryl an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KyndrylOutperform Votes
7
41.18%
Underperform Votes
10
58.82%
ParsonsOutperform Votes
104
57.14%
Underperform Votes
78
42.86%

Summary

Parsons beats Kyndryl on 14 of the 18 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$11.23B$3.21B$6.64B$18.06B
Dividend YieldN/A1.31%2.92%3.43%
P/E Ratio425.0834.7739.5326.20
Price / Sales2.069.021,070.2310.25
Price / Cash22.9517.2527.6620.15
Price / Book5.005.004.796.01
Net Income$161.15M$24.10M$115.82M$966.25M
7 Day Performance-2.63%-0.19%1.81%1.87%
1 Month Performance-1.66%1.83%4.96%7.16%
1 Year Performance68.34%12.27%8.17%21.68%

Parsons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KD
Kyndryl
1.1869 of 5 stars
$27.75
+5.3%
$28.50
+2.7%
+121.7%$6.39B$16.05B-18.6290,000Short Interest ↑
AUR
Aurora Innovation
1.12 of 5 stars
$3.14
+4.0%
$3.75
+19.4%
+86.4%$4.82B$68M-5.711,800Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
WPP
WPP
0.5619 of 5 stars
$53.24
+0.6%
$46.00
-13.6%
-4.2%$11.48B$18.46B0.00114,732Analyst Downgrade
PATH
UiPath
3.6383 of 5 stars
$20.20
+2.0%
$27.41
+35.7%
+35.0%$11.49B$1.31B-118.824,035
ESTC
Elastic
1.9776 of 5 stars
$109.31
+1.8%
$111.26
+1.8%
+73.0%$11.02B$1.21B237.632,886Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CLH
Clean Harbors
4.6259 of 5 stars
$213.96
+0.9%
$216.40
+1.1%
+50.7%$11.54B$5.48B30.9621,021Positive News
IPG
Interpublic Group of Companies
4.8742 of 5 stars
$31.73
+1.1%
$35.13
+10.7%
-14.3%$11.97B$10.89B11.2957,400Analyst Revision
CNM
Core & Main
2.7703 of 5 stars
$59.65
+0.7%
$50.08
-16.0%
+121.1%$12.01B$6.70B27.745,000Positive News
GFL
GFL Environmental
3.4902 of 5 stars
$31.25
-3.6%
$43.08
+37.9%
-14.6%$12.04B$7.52B50.2520,000
DOCU
DocuSign
3.448 of 5 stars
$59.73
-0.1%
$60.25
+0.9%
+15.2%$12.27B$2.76B165.926,840Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:PSN) was last updated on 5/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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