IT vs. VRSK, EFX, RKT, APP, GPN, FIS, SQ, SYM, VLTO, and PAYX
Should you be buying Gartner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gartner include Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), Rocket Companies (RKT), AppLovin (APP), Global Payments (GPN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Block (SQ), Symbotic (SYM), Veralto (VLTO), and Paychex (PAYX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Gartner has higher revenue and earnings than Verisk Analytics. Gartner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verisk Analytics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gartner has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.5% of Gartner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Gartner had 12 more articles in the media than Verisk Analytics. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Gartner and 21 mentions for Verisk Analytics. Verisk Analytics' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Gartner's score of 0.54 indicating that Verisk Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Verisk Analytics has a net margin of 28.45% compared to Gartner's net margin of 13.35%. Verisk Analytics' return on equity of 268.19% beat Gartner's return on equity.
Gartner presently has a consensus target price of $474.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.68%. Verisk Analytics has a consensus target price of $254.31, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Given Gartner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gartner is more favorable than Verisk Analytics.
Verisk Analytics received 88 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.11% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 58.66% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
Summary
Gartner and Verisk Analytics tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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