VLTO vs. BR, KSPI, APTV, SYM, RKT, APP, GPN, STX, CPAY, and BAH
Should you be buying Veralto stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veralto include Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Aptiv (APTV), Symbotic (SYM), Rocket Companies (RKT), AppLovin (APP), Global Payments (GPN), Seagate Technology (STX), Corpay (CPAY), and Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Veralto has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Broadridge Financial Solutions has a net margin of 10.92% compared to Veralto's net margin of 0.00%. Broadridge Financial Solutions' return on equity of 40.88% beat Veralto's return on equity.
Broadridge Financial Solutions received 379 more outperform votes than Veralto when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.11% of users gave Veralto an outperform vote while only 49.94% of users gave Broadridge Financial Solutions an outperform vote.
Veralto presently has a consensus price target of $95.18, suggesting a potential downside of 3.49%. Broadridge Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $206.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.13%. Given Broadridge Financial Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Broadridge Financial Solutions is more favorable than Veralto.
91.3% of Veralto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Veralto shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Broadridge Financial Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Broadridge Financial Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than Veralto. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Broadridge Financial Solutions and 7 mentions for Veralto. Veralto's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Broadridge Financial Solutions' score of 0.89 indicating that Veralto is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Veralto pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Broadridge Financial Solutions pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Veralto beats Broadridge Financial Solutions on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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