TNET vs. MMS, FOUR, EXLS, WU, NVEI, DLO, CNXC, CBZ, ENV, and FLYW
Should you be buying TriNet Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriNet Group include Maximus (MMS), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), Nuvei (NVEI), DLocal (DLO), Concentrix (CNXC), CBIZ (CBZ), Envestnet (ENV), and Flywire (FLYW). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and TriNet Group (NYSE:TNET) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Maximus has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriNet Group has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Maximus currently has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.34%. TriNet Group has a consensus target price of $117.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.57%. Given TriNet Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Maximus is more favorable than TriNet Group.
TriNet Group has a net margin of 6.78% compared to TriNet Group's net margin of 4.58%. Maximus' return on equity of 124.38% beat TriNet Group's return on equity.
Maximus pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. TriNet Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Maximus pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriNet Group pays out 16.4% 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. Maximus has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Maximus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
97.2% of Maximus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of TriNet Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Maximus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of TriNet Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TriNet Group has higher revenue and earnings than Maximus. TriNet Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maximus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Maximus had 12 more articles in the media than TriNet Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Maximus and 6 mentions for TriNet Group. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat TriNet Group's score of 0.79 indicating that TriNet Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Maximus received 91 more outperform votes than TriNet Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.98% of users gave TriNet Group an outperform vote while only 65.78% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote.
Summary
TriNet Group beats Maximus on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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