IT vs. VRSK, EFX, RKT, GPN, APP, SYM, FIS, WCN, VLTO, and SQ
Should you be buying Gartner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gartner include Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), Rocket Companies (RKT), Global Payments (GPN), AppLovin (APP), Symbotic (SYM), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Waste Connections (WCN), Veralto (VLTO), and Block (SQ). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) and Gartner (NYSE:IT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Gartner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus price target of $254.31, indicating a potential upside of 1.07%. Gartner has a consensus price target of $474.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.38%. Given Verisk Analytics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gartner is more favorable than Verisk Analytics.
Gartner has higher revenue and earnings than Verisk Analytics. Gartner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verisk Analytics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Verisk Analytics received 88 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.11% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 58.66% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
Verisk Analytics has a net margin of 28.45% compared to Verisk Analytics' net margin of 13.35%. Gartner's return on equity of 268.19% beat Verisk Analytics' return on equity.
In the previous week, Gartner had 16 more articles in the media than Verisk Analytics. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Gartner and 16 mentions for Verisk Analytics. Gartner's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Verisk Analytics' score of 0.55 indicating that Verisk Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Verisk Analytics and Gartner tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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