J vs. FDS, OMC, GEN, CPAY, STX, TRU, BAH, GRAB, RTO, and RBA
Should you be buying Jacobs Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jacobs Solutions include FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Omnicom Group (OMC), Gen Digital (GEN), Corpay (CPAY), Seagate Technology (STX), TransUnion (TRU), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Grab (GRAB), Rentokil Initial (RTO), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Jacobs Solutions (NYSE:J) and FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
FactSet Research Systems received 225 more outperform votes than Jacobs Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.58% of users gave Jacobs Solutions an outperform vote while only 42.98% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
Jacobs Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $156.82, suggesting a potential upside of 14.04%. FactSet Research Systems has a consensus target price of $443.56, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. Given Jacobs Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Jacobs Solutions is more favorable than FactSet Research Systems.
85.7% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Jacobs Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Jacobs Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than FactSet Research Systems. Jacobs Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FactSet Research Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to Jacobs Solutions' net margin of 3.83%. FactSet Research Systems' return on equity of 34.36% beat Jacobs Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Jacobs Solutions had 6 more articles in the media than FactSet Research Systems. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Jacobs Solutions and 6 mentions for FactSet Research Systems. Jacobs Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat FactSet Research Systems' score of 0.74 indicating that Jacobs Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jacobs Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. FactSet Research Systems pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Jacobs Solutions pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FactSet Research Systems pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Jacobs Solutions has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Jacobs Solutions beats FactSet Research Systems on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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