MORN vs. GRAB, GFL, BEN, GEN, RBA, DOCU, TRU, IPG, RTO, and CNM
Should you be buying Morningstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morningstar include Grab (GRAB), GFL Environmental (GFL), Franklin Resources (BEN), Gen Digital (GEN), RB Global (RBA), DocuSign (DOCU), TransUnion (TRU), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Rentokil Initial (RTO), and Core & Main (CNM).
Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) and Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
55.5% of Grab shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Morningstar shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Grab shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Morningstar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Morningstar received 261 more outperform votes than Grab when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.46% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Grab an outperform vote.
Grab has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Grab had 47 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Grab and 21 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Grab's score of 0.14 indicating that Grab is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grab presently has a consensus price target of $5.10, indicating a potential upside of 45.71%. Morningstar has a consensus price target of $320.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.77%. Given Morningstar's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Grab is more favorable than Morningstar.
Morningstar has a net margin of 10.13% compared to Morningstar's net margin of -18.43%. Grab's return on equity of 21.79% beat Morningstar's return on equity.
Morningstar has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grab. Grab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morningstar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Morningstar beats Grab on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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