WU vs. EXLS, MMS, PAY, WEX, DLO, CBZ, FOUR, CNXC, ENV, and FLYW
Should you be buying Western Union stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Union include ExlService (EXLS), Maximus (MMS), Paymentus (PAY), WEX (WEX), DLocal (DLO), CBIZ (CBZ), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Concentrix (CNXC), Envestnet (ENV), and Flywire (FLYW). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Western Union (NYSE:WU) and ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
Western Union received 55 more outperform votes than ExlService when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.15% of users gave ExlService an outperform vote while only 53.78% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote.
Western Union has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ExlService has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Union has a net margin of 14.12% compared to ExlService's net margin of 11.32%. Western Union's return on equity of 120.76% beat ExlService's return on equity.
Western Union currently has a consensus target price of $13.45, suggesting a potential downside of 0.15%. ExlService has a consensus target price of $36.14, suggesting a potential upside of 23.10%. Given ExlService's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ExlService is more favorable than Western Union.
Western Union has higher revenue and earnings than ExlService. Western Union is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ExlService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.8% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of ExlService shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Western Union shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of ExlService shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Western Union had 20 more articles in the media than ExlService. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Western Union and 10 mentions for ExlService. ExlService's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Western Union's score of 0.47 indicating that ExlService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ExlService beats Western Union on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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