CINT vs. COMP, DAVA, PRO, FORTY, TWKS, PERI, RMBL, TBRG, ISSC, and SNCR
Should you be buying CI&T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CI&T include Compass (COMP), Endava (DAVA), PROS (PRO), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Thoughtworks (TWKS), Perion Network (PERI), RumbleOn (RMBL), TruBridge (TBRG), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), and Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR). These companies are all part of the "custom computer programming services" industry.
CI&T (NYSE:CINT) and Compass (NYSE:COMP) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
CI&T currently has a consensus target price of $5.37, suggesting a potential upside of 18.78%. Compass has a consensus target price of $3.83, suggesting a potential upside of 2.22%. Given CI&T's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CI&T is more favorable than Compass.
CI&T has a net margin of 6.03% compared to Compass' net margin of -6.10%. CI&T's return on equity of 14.03% beat Compass' return on equity.
Compass received 36 more outperform votes than CI&T when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.52% of users gave Compass an outperform vote while only 42.42% of users gave CI&T an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CI&T had 5 more articles in the media than Compass. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CI&T and 0 mentions for Compass. CI&T's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Compass' score of 0.00 indicating that CI&T is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CI&T has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Compass. Compass is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CI&T, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.5% of CI&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Compass shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Compass shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CI&T has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass has a beta of 2.87, indicating that its share price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CI&T beats Compass on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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