IQV vs. ICLR, INCY, MEDP, CRL, NRC, OABI, MXCT, ABSI, LUNA, and NOTV
Should you be buying IQVIA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IQVIA include ICON Public (ICLR), Incyte (INCY), Medpace (MEDP), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), National Research (NRC), OmniAb (OABI), MaxCyte (MXCT), Absci (ABSI), Luna Innovations (LUNA), and Inotiv (NOTV). These companies are all part of the "commercial physical research" industry.
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, IQVIA had 4 more articles in the media than ICON Public. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for IQVIA and 6 mentions for ICON Public. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat ICON Public's score of 0.57 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
IQVIA currently has a consensus target price of $258.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.87%. ICON Public has a consensus target price of $345.30, suggesting a potential upside of 8.15%. Given IQVIA's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe IQVIA is more favorable than ICON Public.
IQVIA received 37 more outperform votes than ICON Public when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.06% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 65.14% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote.
IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than ICON Public. IQVIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICON Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of ICON Public 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.
IQVIA has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICON Public has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IQVIA has a net margin of 9.01% compared to ICON Public's net margin of 8.30%. IQVIA's return on equity of 29.17% beat ICON Public's return on equity.
Summary
IQVIA beats ICON Public on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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