APG vs. ROL, ABM, FTDR, VCSA, PMEC, ABNB, VRSK, IT, EFX, and RKT
Should you be buying APi Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APi Group include Rollins (ROL), ABM Industries (ABM), Frontdoor (FTDR), Vacasa (VCSA), Primech (PMEC), Airbnb (ABNB), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Gartner (IT), Equifax (EFX), and Rocket Companies (RKT).
Rollins (NYSE:ROL) and APi Group (NYSE:APG) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
51.8% of Rollins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of APi Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Rollins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of APi Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rollins received 286 more outperform votes than APi Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.02% of users gave Rollins an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave APi Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Rollins had 15 more articles in the media than APi Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Rollins and 6 mentions for APi Group. Rollins' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat APi Group's score of 0.43 indicating that APi Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rollins presently has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.38%. APi Group has a consensus price target of $44.29, indicating a potential upside of 22.64%. Given Rollins' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe APi Group is more favorable than Rollins.
Rollins has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APi Group has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rollins has a net margin of 13.94% compared to Rollins' net margin of 2.49%. Rollins' return on equity of 37.83% beat APi Group's return on equity.
Rollins has higher earnings, but lower revenue than APi Group. APi Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rollins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rollins and APi Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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