CSGS vs. CARS, SSTK, YEXT, EVTC, TCX, WU, PAY, EVRI, CASS, and INOD
Should you be buying CSG Systems International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSG Systems International include Cars.com (CARS), Shutterstock (SSTK), Yext (YEXT), EVERTEC (EVTC), Tucows (TCX), Western Union (WU), Paymentus (PAY), Everi (EVRI), Cass Information Systems (CASS), and Innodata (INOD).
Cars.com (NYSE:CARS) and CSG Systems International (NASDAQ:CSGS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Cars.com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CSG Systems International. Cars.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSG Systems International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CSG Systems International received 36 more outperform votes than Cars.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.90% of users gave Cars.com an outperform vote while only 59.51% of users gave CSG Systems International an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CSG Systems International had 5 more articles in the media than Cars.com. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CSG Systems International and 3 mentions for Cars.com. CSG Systems International's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Cars.com's score of -0.05 indicating that Cars.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.2% of Cars.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of CSG Systems International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Cars.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of CSG Systems International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cars.com has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSG Systems International has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cars.com has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Cars.com's net margin of 5.56%. Cars.com's return on equity of 28.77% beat CSG Systems International's return on equity.
Cars.com presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.82%. CSG Systems International has a consensus price target of $61.67, indicating a potential upside of 51.14%. Given Cars.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CSG Systems International is more favorable than Cars.com.
Summary
CSG Systems International beats Cars.com on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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