GIB vs. GFS, KEYS, VOD, WDC, SPLK, MSTR, ON, ZS, MTD, and MDB
Should you be buying CGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CGI include GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GFS), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), Western Digital (WDC), Splunk (SPLK), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Onsemi (ON), Zscaler (ZS), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), and MongoDB (MDB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CGI (NYSE:GIB) and GLOBALFOUNDRIES (NASDAQ:GFS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, CGI and CGI both had 5 articles in the media. CGI's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat GLOBALFOUNDRIES's score of 0.40 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES has a consensus target price of $63.08, suggesting a potential upside of 30.35%. Given GLOBALFOUNDRIES's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GLOBALFOUNDRIES is more favorable than CGI.
66.7% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of CGI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CGI has higher revenue and earnings than GLOBALFOUNDRIES. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GLOBALFOUNDRIES, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CGI received 553 more outperform votes than GLOBALFOUNDRIES when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.41% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 50.56% of users gave GLOBALFOUNDRIES an outperform vote.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES has a net margin of 13.80% compared to CGI's net margin of 11.34%. CGI's return on equity of 20.65% beat GLOBALFOUNDRIES's return on equity.
CGI has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GLOBALFOUNDRIES has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CGI beats GLOBALFOUNDRIES on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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