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GBX 3,873.33 -30.67 (-0.79%)
As of 07/11/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

EXPN vs. DATA, AFM, YOU, ELIX, RCDO, FNTL, PPHC, SAG, GTLY, and MANO

Should you be buying Experian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Experian include GlobalData (DATA), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), YouGov (YOU), Elixirr International (ELIX), Ricardo (RCDO), Fintel (FNTL), Public Policy (PPHC), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), and Manolete Partners (MANO). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.

Experian vs. Its Competitors

GlobalData (LON:DATA) and Experian (LON:EXPN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.

Experian has a net margin of 16.16% compared to GlobalData's net margin of 11.96%. Experian's return on equity of 25.15% beat GlobalData's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GlobalData11.96% 12.99% 7.91%
Experian 16.16%25.15%9.65%

GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Experian pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GlobalData pays out 119.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Experian pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

GlobalData currently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 114.29%. Experian has a consensus price target of GBX 4,500, suggesting a potential upside of 16.18%. Given GlobalData's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe GlobalData is more favorable than Experian.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GlobalData
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Experian
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

GlobalData has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Experian has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, GlobalData had 10 more articles in the media than Experian. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for GlobalData and 1 mentions for Experian. Experian's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat GlobalData's score of -0.06 indicating that Experian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GlobalData
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Experian
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

23.8% of GlobalData shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Experian shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.5% of GlobalData shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Experian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Experian has higher revenue and earnings than GlobalData. GlobalData 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
GlobalData£277.36M4.07£33.17M£4.1833.45
Experian£9.11B4.88£1.47B£102.3037.86

Summary

Experian beats GlobalData on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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

MetricExperianConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£44.46B£4.76B£7.59B£3.00B
Dividend Yield0.83%3.15%4.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio37.86102.4325.12150.88
Price / Sales4.88245.34117.78314,545.52
Price / Cash172.4631.8327.4527.97
Price / Book7.442.804.414.59
Net Income£1.47B£155.55M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.37%0.52%0.80%11.51%
1 Month Performance2.80%1.33%4.86%7.90%
1 Year Performance4.46%0.28%28.07%32.03%

Experian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXPN
Experian
1.7107 of 5 stars
GBX 3,873.33
-0.8%
GBX 4,500
+16.2%
+6.0%£44.46B£9.11B37.8622,400Dividend Cut
DATA
GlobalData
2.1015 of 5 stars
GBX 149
+1.0%
GBX 300
+101.3%
-38.1%£1.20B£277.36M35.603,532Trending News
AFM
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
N/AN/AN/AN/A£591.19M£233.62M3,876.921,051
YOU
YouGov
2.6874 of 5 stars
GBX 385.70
+2.9%
GBX 760
+97.0%
-10.2%£451.32M£335.28M-196.571,820Trending News
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 708
+4.7%
N/A+35.7%£341.98M£91.37M20.09484Dividend Cut
Gap Up
RCDO
Ricardo
1.5923 of 5 stars
GBX 438.10
-1.1%
GBX 730
+66.6%
-14.5%£269.88M£469.99M385.802,978
FNTL
Fintel
N/AGBX 247.81
-0.9%
N/A-22.4%£260.16M£68.89M44.44501Positive News
PPHC
Public Policy
N/AGBX 158.50
+2.9%
GBX 260
+64.0%
+20.0%£238.20M£190.53M-10.55367High Trading Volume
SAG
Science Group
2.3364 of 5 stars
GBX 522.50
flat
GBX 758
+45.1%
+28.4%£233.56M£108.81M39.45443
GTLY
Gateley
N/AGBX 134
+1.5%
N/A-1.5%£178.92M£176.99M17.311,068
MANO
Manolete Partners
N/AGBX 88
flat
N/A-37.4%£35.87M£22.40M0.8329High Trading Volume

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