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China's 1st domestically made passenger plane completes maiden commercial flight
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'Succession' fans brace for series finale of Emmy-winning hit drama
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Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed
Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default
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Voters in Turkey choose between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu in presidential runoff
In Nigeria’s hard-hit north, families seek justice as armed groups seek control
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China's 1st domestically made passenger plane completes maiden commercial flight
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Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed
Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default
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LON:EXPN

Experian (EXPN) Competitors

GBX 2,828
+50.00 (+1.80%)
(As of 05/26/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
2,767
2,836.36
50-Day Range
2,568
2,840
52-Week Range
2,242
3,160
Volume
710,766 shs
Average Volume
1.55 million shs
Market Capitalization
£25.99 billion
P/E Ratio
3,366.67
Dividend Yield
1.56%
Price Target
GBX 2,935.40

EXPN vs. WPY, ITRK, FERG, BA, RR.L, AXON, HLMA, SPX, HSV, and BCA

Should you be buying Experian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Experian include Worldpay (WPY), Intertek Group (ITRK), Ferguson (FERG), BAE Systems (BA), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (RR.L), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Halma (HLMA), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), HomeServe (HSV), and BCA Marketplace (BCA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Experian vs.

Experian (LON:EXPN) and Worldpay (LON:WPY) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Experian has higher revenue and earnings than Worldpay. Worldpay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Experian, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Experian£6.47 billion4.02£958 million£0.843,366.67
Worldpay£4.04 billion7.27N/A£48.60194.44

Experian received 651 more outperform votes than Worldpay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.42% of users gave Experian an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave Worldpay an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ExperianOutperform Votes
688
69.42%
Underperform Votes
303
30.58%
WorldpayOutperform Votes
37
61.67%
Underperform Votes
23
38.33%

57.8% of Experian shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Experian shares are held 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.

Experian's return on equity of 27.72% beat Worldpay's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Experian N/A 27.72% 8.19%
Worldpay N/A N/A N/A

Experian currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,935.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.80%. Given Experian's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Experian is more favorable than Worldpay.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Experian
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Worldpay
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

In the previous week, Experian had 7 more articles in the media than Worldpay. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Experian and 0 mentions for Worldpay. Experian's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Worldpay's score of 0.00 indicating that Experian is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Experian Neutral
Worldpay Neutral

Summary

Experian beats Worldpay on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EXPN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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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EXPN vs. The Competition

MetricExperianBusiness Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£25.99B£1.45B£3.59B£1.59B
Dividend Yield1.59%4.22%4.11%7.11%
P/E Ratio3,366.671,446.22445.881,904.37
Price / Sales4.02131.05200.2923,169.40
Price / Cash172.4627.3026.6634.00
Price / Book7.232.513.872.96
Net Income£958M£28.72M£237.58M£214.44M
7 Day Performance0.53%-2.14%-1.01%5.51%
1 Month Performance0.64%-2.45%-0.70%4.30%
1 Year Performance4.94%-2.12%11.85%33.08%

Experian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WPY
Worldpay
0 of 5 stars
GBX 9,450
flat
N/A+0.0%£29.39B£4.04B194.448,186
ITRK
Intertek Group
1.4306 of 5 stars
GBX 4,192
+0.7%
GBX 4,486.17
+7.0%
-9.0%£6.77B£3.19B2,395.4344,063Analyst Report
News Coverage
FERG
Ferguson
1.0135 of 5 stars
£117.20
-2.3%
£111.77
-4.6%
+24.4%£24.01B£30.01B1,448.7031,000
BA
BAE Systems
1.6046 of 5 stars
GBX 988
+0.2%
GBX 1,019.33
+3.2%
+23.3%£30.13B£21.26B1,937.2590,500High Trading Volume
RR.L
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
2.0672 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 97.83
+∞
N/A£12.14B£13.52B-517.8644,000News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AXON
Axon Enterprise
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A$9.45BN/A0.002,148
HLMA
Halma
0.5521 of 5 stars
GBX 2,380
-3.1%
GBX 2,121
-10.9%
+5.7%£9.04B£1.66B4,033.907,000
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
1.0693 of 5 stars
£111
-1.6%
£117.17
+5.6%
+5.0%£8.19B£1.61B3,675.508,700
HSV
HomeServe
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,198
flat
GBX 1,200
+0.2%
+2.8%£4.05B£1.53B2,995.007,400
BCA
BCA Marketplace
0 of 5 stars
GBX 236.20
+0.1%
N/A+0.0%£1.85B£3.03B27.477,263News Coverage

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This page (LON:EXPN) was last updated on 5/28/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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