ULS vs. RHI, SPSC, NOV, SOFI, FCN, PSN, SPXC, COHR, VNT, and KVYO
Should you be buying UL Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UL Solutions include Robert Half (RHI), SPS Commerce (SPSC), NOV (NOV), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), FTI Consulting (FCN), Parsons (PSN), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Coherent (COHR), Vontier (VNT), and Klaviyo (KVYO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Robert Half (NYSE:RHI) and UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Robert Half has a net margin of 5.74% compared to Robert Half's net margin of 0.00%. UL Solutions' return on equity of 22.36% beat Robert Half's return on equity.
92.4% of Robert Half shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Robert Half shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Robert Half had 8 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Robert Half and 6 mentions for UL Solutions. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Robert Half's score of 0.69 indicating that Robert Half is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Robert Half received 490 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote while only 61.88% of users gave Robert Half an outperform vote.
Robert Half has higher revenue and earnings than UL Solutions.
Robert Half presently has a consensus price target of $68.14, suggesting a potential downside of 3.85%. UL Solutions has a consensus price target of $40.30, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. Given Robert Half's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UL Solutions is more favorable than Robert Half.
Summary
Robert Half beats UL Solutions on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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