APP vs. FDS, GPN, SYM, RKT, VLTO, EFX, BR, APTV, KSPI, and IT
Should you be buying AppLovin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppLovin include FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Global Payments (GPN), Symbotic (SYM), Rocket Companies (RKT), Veralto (VLTO), Equifax (EFX), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Aptiv (APTV), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and Gartner (IT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) and AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
FactSet Research Systems received 225 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.06% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote while only 42.98% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppLovin has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FactSet Research Systems presently has a consensus price target of $443.56, suggesting a potential downside of 1.19%. AppLovin has a consensus price target of $71.72, suggesting a potential downside of 13.06%. Given AppLovin's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe FactSet Research Systems is more favorable than AppLovin.
91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of AppLovin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of AppLovin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AppLovin had 39 more articles in the media than FactSet Research Systems. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for AppLovin and 8 mentions for FactSet Research Systems. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat FactSet Research Systems' score of 0.79 indicating that FactSet Research Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FactSet Research Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AppLovin. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppLovin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to FactSet Research Systems' net margin of 16.46%. FactSet Research Systems' return on equity of 51.55% beat AppLovin's return on equity.
Summary
AppLovin beats FactSet Research Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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