WU vs. EXLS, MMS, PAY, WEX, NVEI, CNXC, CBZ, ENV, TNET, and FOUR
Should you be buying Western Union stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Union include ExlService (EXLS), Maximus (MMS), Paymentus (PAY), WEX (WEX), Nuvei (NVEI), Concentrix (CNXC), CBIZ (CBZ), Envestnet (ENV), TriNet Group (TNET), and Shift4 Payments (FOUR). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) and Western Union (NYSE:WU) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
92.9% of ExlService shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Western Union shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of ExlService shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Western Union 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.
Western Union has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Western Union's net margin of 10.92%. ExlService's return on equity of 120.76% beat Western Union's return on equity.
Western Union has higher revenue and earnings than ExlService. Western Union is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ExlService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ExlService had 7 more articles in the media than Western Union. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ExlService and 4 mentions for Western Union. Western Union's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat ExlService's score of 0.61 indicating that ExlService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ExlService currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.75%. Western Union has a consensus target price of $13.61, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. Given Western Union's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ExlService is more favorable than Western Union.
Western Union received 53 more outperform votes than ExlService when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.17% of users gave ExlService an outperform vote while only 53.78% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote.
ExlService has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ExlService beats Western Union on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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