SPGI vs. ARM, ADP, FI, WM, TRI, TT, ACN, MRVL, RSG, and SPOT
Should you be buying S&P Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&P Global include ARM (ARM), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), Waste Management (WM), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Trane Technologies (TT), Accenture (ACN), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Republic Services (RSG), and Spotify Technology (SPOT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) and ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
S&P Global has a net margin of 22.01% compared to ARM's net margin of 9.46%. ARM's return on equity of 16.94% beat S&P Global's return on equity.
S&P Global currently has a consensus price target of $467.89, suggesting a potential upside of 6.90%. Given S&P Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe S&P Global is more favorable than ARM.
S&P Global has higher revenue and earnings than ARM.
S&P Global received 432 more outperform votes than ARM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.39% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave ARM an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ARM had 16 more articles in the media than S&P Global. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for ARM and 25 mentions for S&P Global. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat ARM's score of 0.06 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
87.2% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of ARM shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of S&P Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
S&P Global beats ARM on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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