EXPN vs. DATA, AFM, RCDO, FNTL, ELIX, SAG, GTLY, PPHC, MANO, and MJH
Should you be buying Experian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Experian include GlobalData (DATA), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Ricardo (RCDO), Fintel (FNTL), Elixirr International (ELIX), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Public Policy (PPHC), Manolete Partners (MANO), and MJ Hudson Group (MJH). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.
Experian (LON:EXPN) and GlobalData (LON:DATA) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Experian has a net margin of 16.89% compared to GlobalData's net margin of 11.28%. GlobalData's return on equity of 58.06% beat Experian's return on equity.
In the previous week, Experian and Experian both had 2 articles in the media. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Experian's score of 0.52 indicating that GlobalData is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Experian received 588 more outperform votes than GlobalData when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.50% of users gave Experian an outperform vote while only 66.46% of users gave GlobalData an outperform vote.
58.1% of Experian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of GlobalData shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Experian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 67.1% of GlobalData shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Experian has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GlobalData has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Experian currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,394, suggesting a potential downside of 8.84%. Given Experian's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Experian is more favorable than GlobalData.
Experian pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Experian pays out 4,466.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GlobalData pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Experian has higher revenue and earnings than GlobalData. Experian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GlobalData, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Experian beats GlobalData on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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