CNM vs. DOCU, IPG, GFL, CLH, PATH, GEN, MORN, WPP, RBA, and ESTC
Should you be buying Core & Main stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core & Main include DocuSign (DOCU), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), GFL Environmental (GFL), Clean Harbors (CLH), UiPath (PATH), Gen Digital (GEN), Morningstar (MORN), WPP (WPP), RB Global (RBA), and Elastic (ESTC). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) and Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
DocuSign has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core & Main has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Core & Main has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Core & Main's net margin of 2.68%. DocuSign's return on equity of 18.22% beat Core & Main's return on equity.
DocuSign currently has a consensus target price of $60.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.30%. Core & Main has a consensus target price of $50.08, suggesting a potential downside of 15.78%. Given Core & Main's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DocuSign is more favorable than Core & Main.
77.6% of DocuSign shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Core & Main shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of DocuSign shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Core & Main shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Core & Main had 6 more articles in the media than DocuSign. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Core & Main and 7 mentions for DocuSign. DocuSign's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Core & Main's score of 1.04 indicating that Core & Main is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Core & Main has higher revenue and earnings than DocuSign. Core & Main is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DocuSign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DocuSign received 375 more outperform votes than Core & Main when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.71% of users gave DocuSign an outperform vote while only 39.36% of users gave Core & Main an outperform vote.
Summary
Core & Main beats DocuSign on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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