VRT vs. CSGP, MPWR, CTSH, FICO, STM, SE, VEEV, GRMN, BIDU, and MSCI
Should you be buying Vertiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertiv include CoStar Group (CSGP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Fair Isaac (FICO), STMicroelectronics (STM), SEA (SE), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Garmin (GRMN), Baidu (BIDU), and MSCI (MSCI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. Vertiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertiv has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CoStar Group presently has a consensus price target of $102.46, indicating a potential upside of 15.72%. Vertiv has a consensus price target of $83.89, indicating a potential downside of 18.51%. Given Vertiv's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Vertiv.
In the previous week, Vertiv had 11 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Vertiv and 8 mentions for CoStar Group. Vertiv's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat CoStar Group's score of 0.78 indicating that CoStar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Vertiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Vertiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CoStar Group has a net margin of 11.64% compared to CoStar Group's net margin of 5.79%. CoStar Group's return on equity of 44.95% beat Vertiv's return on equity.
CoStar Group received 569 more outperform votes than Vertiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.45% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 54.70% of users gave Vertiv an outperform vote.
Summary
CoStar Group and Vertiv tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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