FactSet Research Systems (FDS) Competitors

FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) and AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is FDS or APP more profitable?

FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to AppLovin's net margin of 10.84%. FactSet Research Systems' return on equity of 34.36% beat AppLovin's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FactSet Research Systems	22.72%	34.36%	14.67%
AppLovin	10.84%	24.69%	6.54%

Do analysts prefer FDS or APP?

FactSet Research Systems presently has a consensus target price of $442.70, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. AppLovin has a consensus target price of $59.31, suggesting a potential downside of 15.96%. Given FactSet Research Systems' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FactSet Research Systems is more favorable than AppLovin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FactSet Research Systems	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.73
AppLovin	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FDS or APP?

91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of AppLovin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of AppLovin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, FDS or APP?

FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppLovin has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FDS or APP?

In the previous week, FactSet Research Systems and FactSet Research Systems both had 10 articles in the media. FactSet Research Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat AppLovin's score of 0.88 indicating that FactSet Research Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FactSet Research Systems	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AppLovin	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, FDS or APP?

FactSet Research Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AppLovin. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppLovin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FactSet Research Systems	$2.09B	7.62	$468.17M	$12.63	33.01
AppLovin	$2.63B	9.16	$356.71M	$1.00	70.57

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FDS or APP?

FactSet Research Systems received 234 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.31% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote while only 42.98% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FactSet Research Systems	Outperform Votes 303 42.98%	Underperform Votes 402 57.02%
AppLovin	Outperform Votes 69 46.31%	Underperform Votes 80 53.69%

Summary

FactSet Research Systems beats AppLovin on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.