WIT vs. INFY, CTSH, ZS, VRSN, AZPN, EPAM, DOX, HCP, DOCS, and PRFT
Should you be buying Wipro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wipro include Infosys (INFY), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Zscaler (ZS), VeriSign (VRSN), Aspen Technology (AZPN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), HashiCorp (HCP), Doximity (DOCS), and Perficient (PRFT). These companies are all part of the "custom computer programming services" industry.
Infosys (NYSE:INFY) and Wipro (NYSE:WIT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Infosys had 5 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Infosys and 2 mentions for Wipro. Wipro's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Infosys' score of 0.96 indicating that Infosys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Infosys received 161 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.84% of users gave Infosys an outperform vote while only 50.78% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.
Infosys has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wipro has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Infosys pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Wipro pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Infosys pays out 38.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wipro pays out 4.0% 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. Infosys has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Infosys is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Infosys has higher revenue and earnings than Wipro. Wipro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Infosys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
10.9% of Infosys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Wipro shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of Infosys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wipro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Infosys has a net margin of 17.06% compared to Infosys' net margin of 12.29%. Wipro's return on equity of 32.33% beat Infosys' return on equity.
Infosys presently has a consensus price target of $19.27, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Wipro has a consensus price target of $5.30, suggesting a potential downside of 5.69%. Given Wipro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Infosys is more favorable than Wipro.
Summary
Infosys beats Wipro on 20 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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