PSN vs. GDDY, LDOS, IOT, JKHY, CACI, LNW, OTEX, SAIC, KD, and AUR
Should you be buying Parsons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parsons include GoDaddy (GDDY), Leidos (LDOS), Samsara (IOT), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), CACI International (CACI), Light & Wonder (LNW), Open Text (OTEX), Science Applications International (SAIC), Kyndryl (KD), and Aurora Innovation (AUR). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) and Parsons (NYSE:PSN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.
GoDaddy has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parsons has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GoDaddy had 24 more articles in the media than Parsons. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for GoDaddy and 2 mentions for Parsons. Parsons' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat GoDaddy's score of 0.00 indicating that GoDaddy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GoDaddy has a net margin of 40.38% compared to GoDaddy's net margin of 0.49%. GoDaddy's return on equity of 11.27% beat Parsons' return on equity.
GoDaddy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Parsons. GoDaddy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GoDaddy presently has a consensus price target of $149.92, suggesting a potential upside of 7.58%. Parsons has a consensus price target of $83.10, suggesting a potential upside of 11.51%. Given GoDaddy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Parsons is more favorable than GoDaddy.
GoDaddy received 785 more outperform votes than Parsons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.09% of users gave GoDaddy an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote.
90.3% of GoDaddy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Parsons shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of GoDaddy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.0% of Parsons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
GoDaddy beats Parsons on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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