GIB vs. BAH, FCN, G, EXPO, ICFI, ASTH, MEG, HURN, RMR, and HCKT
Should you be buying CGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CGI include Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), FTI Consulting (FCN), Genpact (G), Exponent (EXPO), ICF International (ICFI), Astrana Health (ASTH), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), The RMR Group (RMR), and The Hackett Group (HCKT). These companies are all part of the "management consulting services" industry.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and CGI (NYSE:GIB) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Booz Allen Hamilton presently has a consensus price target of $155.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.22%. CGI has a consensus price target of $165.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.23%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CGI is more favorable than Booz Allen Hamilton.
CGI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Booz Allen Hamilton. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booz Allen Hamilton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CGI has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CGI has a net margin of 11.38% compared to CGI's net margin of 5.68%. CGI's return on equity of 67.92% beat Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity.
CGI received 60 more outperform votes than Booz Allen Hamilton when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave CGI an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Booz Allen Hamilton had 49 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton and 8 mentions for CGI. Booz Allen Hamilton's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat CGI's score of 0.52 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of CGI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CGI beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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