CSGP vs. GPN, FIS, EBAY, AKAM, MSCI, FICO, DASH, Z, ZG, and ETSY
Should you be buying CoStar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoStar Group include Global Payments (GPN), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), eBay (EBAY), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), MSCI (MSCI), Fair Isaac (FICO), DoorDash (DASH), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), and Etsy (ETSY). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Payments received 423 more outperform votes than CoStar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.45% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 71.26% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote.
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CoStar Group has a net margin of 11.64% compared to Global Payments' net margin of 10.22%. Global Payments' return on equity of 11.44% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, CoStar Group had 40 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for CoStar Group and 11 mentions for Global Payments. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat CoStar Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CoStar Group presently has a consensus price target of $102.46, suggesting a potential upside of 10.59%. Global Payments has a consensus price target of $151.92, suggesting a potential upside of 21.96%. Given Global Payments' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than CoStar Group.
Summary
Global Payments beats CoStar Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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