Experian (EXPN) Competitors

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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EXPN or WPY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Experian	£6.47 billion	4.02	£958 million	£0.84	3,366.67
Worldpay	£4.04 billion	7.27	N/A	£48.60	194.44

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXPN or WPY?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Experian	Outperform Votes 688 69.42%	Underperform Votes 303 30.58%
Worldpay	Outperform Votes 37 61.67%	Underperform Votes 23 38.33%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EXPN or WPY?

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.

Is EXPN or WPY more profitable?

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

Do analysts recommend EXPN or WPY?

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

Does the media prefer EXPN or WPY?

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.