VNT vs. G, KVYO, KD, SPXC, FOUR, FCFS, MMS, SPSC, RCM, and SOFI
Should you be buying Vontier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vontier include Genpact (G), Klaviyo (KVYO), Kyndryl (KD), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), FirstCash (FCFS), Maximus (MMS), SPS Commerce (SPSC), R1 RCM (RCM), and SoFi Technologies (SOFI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Genpact (NYSE:G) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Genpact had 4 more articles in the media than Vontier. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Genpact and 3 mentions for Vontier. Genpact's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Vontier's score of 0.60 indicating that Vontier is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genpact has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genpact has higher revenue and earnings than Vontier. Genpact is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vontier, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genpact pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Vontier pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Genpact pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vontier pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Genpact has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Genpact is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Genpact has a net margin of 14.21% compared to Genpact's net margin of 14.02%. Genpact's return on equity of 54.84% beat Vontier's return on equity.
96.0% of Genpact shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Genpact shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Vontier shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Genpact received 454 more outperform votes than Vontier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.30% of users gave Genpact an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Vontier an outperform vote.
Genpact presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.75%. Vontier has a consensus target price of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.15%. Given Genpact's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vontier is more favorable than Genpact.
Summary
Genpact beats Vontier on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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