APP vs. FDS, SYM, BR, RKT, CPAY, KSPI, EFX, APTV, OMC, and BAH
Should you be buying AppLovin stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppLovin include FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Symbotic (SYM), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Rocket Companies (RKT), Corpay (CPAY), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Equifax (EFX), Aptiv (APTV), Omnicom Group (OMC), and Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) and AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of AppLovin shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of AppLovin shares are held by company 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.
FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppLovin has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AppLovin had 2 more articles in the media than FactSet Research Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AppLovin and 9 mentions for FactSet Research Systems. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat FactSet Research Systems' score of 0.80 indicating that FactSet Research Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FactSet Research Systems received 234 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 46.31% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote while only 42.98% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
FactSet Research Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AppLovin. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppLovin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to FactSet Research Systems' net margin of 10.84%. AppLovin's return on equity of 34.36% beat FactSet Research Systems' return on equity.
FactSet Research Systems currently has a consensus target price of $442.70, suggesting a potential upside of 5.04%. AppLovin has a consensus target price of $59.31, suggesting a potential downside of 19.66%. Given AppLovin's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe FactSet Research Systems is more favorable than AppLovin.
Summary
FactSet Research Systems and AppLovin tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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