BAH vs. IT, CTSH, LDOS, EPAM, CACI, DOX, TDC, HCKT, FORR, and UIS
Should you be buying Booz Allen Hamilton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Booz Allen Hamilton include Gartner (IT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Leidos (LDOS), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Forrester Research (FORR), and Unisys (UIS). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Gartner has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Booz Allen Hamilton had 11 more articles in the media than Gartner. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton and 14 mentions for Gartner. Booz Allen Hamilton's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Gartner's score of 0.98 indicating that Gartner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gartner has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Gartner's net margin of 5.68%. Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity of 141.55% beat Gartner's return on equity.
Gartner presently has a consensus price target of $474.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.22%. Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus price target of $159.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.30%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gartner is more favorable than Booz Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen Hamilton received 83 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.90% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
91.5% of Gartner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gartner has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Gartner beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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