STGW vs. GEO, LSPD, OPEN, BFH, FLYW, GOTU, DSGR, CRCT, GDS, and CRTO
Should you be buying Stagwell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stagwell include The GEO Group (GEO), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Bread Financial (BFH), Flywire (FLYW), Gaotu Techedu (GOTU), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Cricut (CRCT), GDS (GDS), and Criteo (CRTO).
Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) and The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
35.6% of Stagwell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of The GEO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Stagwell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of The GEO Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, The GEO Group had 1 more articles in the media than Stagwell. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for The GEO Group and 6 mentions for Stagwell. Stagwell's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat The GEO Group's score of 0.16 indicating that Stagwell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stagwell has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The GEO Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stagwell currently has a consensus target price of $8.06, indicating a potential upside of 16.24%. The GEO Group has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.68%. Given The GEO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The GEO Group is more favorable than Stagwell.
The GEO Group received 488 more outperform votes than Stagwell when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.38% of users gave Stagwell an outperform vote while only 72.71% of users gave The GEO Group an outperform vote.
The GEO Group has a net margin of 4.51% compared to Stagwell's net margin of -0.16%. The GEO Group's return on equity of 8.88% beat Stagwell's return on equity.
The GEO Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stagwell. Stagwell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The GEO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The GEO Group beats Stagwell on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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