IT vs. GPN, VRSK, EFX, FIS, APP, VLTO, BR, WCN, KSPI, and SYM
Should you be buying Gartner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gartner include Global Payments (GPN), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Equifax (EFX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), AppLovin (APP), Veralto (VLTO), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Waste Connections (WCN), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and Symbotic (SYM). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Global Payments received 609 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.33% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote while only 58.69% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
Gartner has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Global Payments had 2 more articles in the media than Gartner. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Global Payments and 46 mentions for Gartner. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Gartner's score of 0.26 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gartner presently has a consensus target price of $474.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Global Payments has a consensus target price of $150.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.72%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Gartner.
Global Payments has a net margin of 13.40% compared to Gartner's net margin of 13.35%. Gartner's return on equity of 141.55% beat Global Payments' return on equity.
91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than Gartner. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Global Payments beats Gartner on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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