SPGI vs. MCO, EFX, TRU, DNB, V, MA, ACN, ARM, ADP, and FI
Should you be buying S&P Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&P Global include Moody's (MCO), Equifax (EFX), TransUnion (TRU), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Accenture (ACN), ARM (ARM), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), and Fiserv (FI).
S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) and Moody's (NYSE:MCO) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. S&P Global pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Moody's received 61 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.43% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote.
In the previous week, S&P Global had 11 more articles in the media than Moody's. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for S&P Global and 16 mentions for Moody's. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat S&P Global's score of 0.57 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
S&P Global currently has a consensus price target of $467.89, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. Moody's has a consensus price target of $400.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.31%. Given S&P Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe S&P Global is more favorable than Moody's.
S&P Global has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moody's has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.2% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of S&P Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Moody's shares are held 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.
Moody's has a net margin of 27.01% compared to S&P Global's net margin of 22.01%. Moody's' return on equity of 54.50% beat S&P Global's return on equity.
S&P Global has higher revenue and earnings than Moody's. Moody's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&P Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
S&P Global and Moody's tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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