Stagwell (STGW) Competitors

Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) and Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Is STGW or CRTO more profitable?

Criteo has a net margin of 2.96% compared to Stagwell's net margin of -0.16%. Criteo's return on equity of 12.33% beat Stagwell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stagwell	-0.16%	7.31%	1.50%
Criteo	2.96%	12.33%	5.90%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in STGW or CRTO?

35.6% of Stagwell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Criteo shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Stagwell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Criteo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer STGW or CRTO?

Criteo received 524 more outperform votes than Stagwell when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.38% of users gave Stagwell an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave Criteo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stagwell	Outperform Votes 29 78.38%	Underperform Votes 8 21.62%
Criteo	Outperform Votes 553 66.71%	Underperform Votes 276 33.29%

Which has better earnings and valuation, STGW or CRTO?

Criteo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stagwell. Stagwell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Criteo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Stagwell	$2.53B	0.76	$130K	-$0.03	-236.67
Criteo	$1.95B	1.13	$53.26M	$0.97	40.26

Does the media favor STGW or CRTO?

In the previous week, Criteo had 23 more articles in the media than Stagwell. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Criteo and 3 mentions for Stagwell. Stagwell's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Criteo's score of 0.59 indicating that Stagwell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stagwell	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Criteo	7 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate STGW or CRTO?

Stagwell presently has a consensus price target of $8.06, indicating a potential upside of 13.30%. Criteo has a consensus price target of $39.44, indicating a potential upside of 0.80%. Given Stagwell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Stagwell is more favorable than Criteo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stagwell	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Criteo	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Which has more risk and volatility, STGW or CRTO?

Stagwell has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Criteo has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Criteo beats Stagwell on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.