BAH vs. IT, CTSH, LDOS, EPAM, CACI, DOX, TDC, HCKT, FORR, and UIS
Should you be buying Booz Allen Hamilton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Booz Allen Hamilton include Gartner (IT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Leidos (LDOS), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Forrester Research (FORR), and Unisys (UIS). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and Gartner (NYSE:IT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Gartner has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Booz Allen Hamilton's net margin of 5.68%. Gartner's return on equity of 141.55% beat Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity.
Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gartner had 2 more articles in the media than Booz Allen Hamilton. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Gartner and 13 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton. Gartner's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Booz Allen Hamilton's score of 0.80 indicating that Gartner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gartner has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Booz Allen Hamilton currently has a consensus price target of $159.78, indicating a potential upside of 6.23%. Gartner has a consensus price target of $474.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. Given Gartner's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gartner is more favorable than Booz Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen Hamilton received 82 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.90% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote while only 58.64% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Gartner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Gartner beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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