CSGP vs. FIS, GPN, EBAY, AKAM, FICO, MSCI, DASH, Z, ZG, and ETSY
Should you be buying CoStar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoStar Group include Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), eBay (EBAY), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Fair Isaac (FICO), MSCI (MSCI), DoorDash (DASH), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), and Etsy (ETSY). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Fidelity National Information Services had 17 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Fidelity National Information Services and 6 mentions for CoStar Group. CoStar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Fidelity National Information Services' score of 0.70 indicating that CoStar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Fidelity National Information Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CoStar Group currently has a consensus price target of $102.46, indicating a potential upside of 17.10%. Fidelity National Information Services has a consensus price target of $78.11, indicating a potential downside of 0.33%. Given CoStar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Fidelity National Information Services.
CoStar Group has a net margin of 11.64% compared to Fidelity National Information Services' net margin of -54.14%. Fidelity National Information Services' return on equity of 13.91% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.
Fidelity National Information Services received 130 more outperform votes than CoStar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.45% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 67.88% of users gave Fidelity National Information Services an outperform vote.
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity National Information Services has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CoStar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fidelity National Information Services. Fidelity National Information Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CoStar Group beats Fidelity National Information Services on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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