DNB vs. NSP, EXPO, CRVL, BRZE, BCO, CBZ, PAGS, DLO, AUR, and CNXC
Should you be buying Dun & Bradstreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dun & Bradstreet include Insperity (NSP), Exponent (EXPO), CorVel (CRVL), Braze (BRZE), Brink's (BCO), CBIZ (CBZ), PagSeguro Digital (PAGS), DLocal (DLO), Aurora Innovation (AUR), and Concentrix (CNXC). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Insperity (NYSE:NSP) and Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Insperity received 63 more outperform votes than Dun & Bradstreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.74% of users gave Insperity an outperform vote while only 50.47% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.
Insperity presently has a consensus price target of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.40%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus price target of $13.64, suggesting a potential upside of 45.91%. Given Insperity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than Insperity.
In the previous week, Insperity had 6 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Insperity and 5 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Insperity's score of 0.14 indicating that Insperity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.4% of Insperity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Insperity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Dun & Bradstreet 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.
Insperity has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insperity has higher revenue and earnings than Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insperity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insperity has a net margin of 2.64% compared to Insperity's net margin of -2.03%. Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity of 153.34% beat Insperity's return on equity.
Insperity pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Dun & Bradstreet pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Insperity pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dun & Bradstreet pays out -181.8% 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. Insperity has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Insperity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Insperity beats Dun & Bradstreet on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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