IAC vs. FDS, SRAD, WIX, MTCH, DJT, BZ, YNDX, DOCN, DV, and TRIP
Should you be buying IAC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IAC include FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Wix.com (WIX), Match Group (MTCH), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Kanzhun (BZ), Yandex (YNDX), DigitalOcean (DOCN), DoubleVerify (DV), and Tripadvisor (TRIP). These companies are all part of the "computer programming, data processing, & other computer related" industry.
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) and IAC (NASDAQ:IAC) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
IAC received 757 more outperform votes than FactSet Research Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.24% of users gave IAC an outperform vote while only 42.80% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, FactSet Research Systems had 9 more articles in the media than IAC. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FactSet Research Systems and 3 mentions for IAC. FactSet Research Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat IAC's score of 0.40 indicating that IAC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of IAC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of IAC shares are owned 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.
FactSet Research Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than IAC. IAC 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 presently has a consensus price target of $431.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.26%. IAC has a consensus price target of $79.92, indicating a potential upside of 60.06%. Given FactSet Research Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IAC is more favorable than FactSet Research Systems.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to FactSet Research Systems' net margin of -2.54%. IAC's return on equity of 34.36% beat FactSet Research Systems' return on equity.
FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IAC has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FactSet Research Systems and IAC tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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