TRU vs. BWXT, CR, ROLL, CWST, HI, INTJ, AERTW, KFY, HTZ, and BLDP
Should you be buying TransUnion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransUnion include BWX Technologies (BWXT), Crane (CR), RBC Bearings (ROLL), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Hillenbrand (HI), Intelligent Group (INTJ), Aeries Technology (AERTW), Korn Ferry (KFY), Hertz Global (HTZ), and Ballard Power Systems (BLDP).
TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) and BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
BWX Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TransUnion. TransUnion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BWX Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TransUnion had 30 more articles in the media than BWX Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for TransUnion and 4 mentions for BWX Technologies. BWX Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat TransUnion's score of 0.74 indicating that BWX Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.4% of BWX Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of TransUnion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of BWX Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TransUnion currently has a consensus price target of $83.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.23%. BWX Technologies has a consensus price target of $89.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.28%. Given TransUnion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TransUnion is more favorable than BWX Technologies.
TransUnion received 139 more outperform votes than BWX Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.25% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave BWX Technologies an outperform vote.
TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. BWX Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. TransUnion pays out -29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BWX Technologies pays out 35.7% 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.
TransUnion has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BWX Technologies has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BWX Technologies has a net margin of 9.85% compared to TransUnion's net margin of -7.02%. BWX Technologies' return on equity of 32.38% beat TransUnion's return on equity.
Summary
TransUnion and BWX Technologies tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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