CSGP vs. GPN, FLT, FIS, MSCI, EQIX, SE, EBAY, VRSN, AKAM, and SPSC
Should you be buying CoStar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoStar Group include Global Payments (GPN), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), MSCI (MSCI), Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), and SPS Commerce (SPSC).
CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Payments received 429 more outperform votes than CoStar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.71% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 71.26% of users gave Global Payments an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CoStar Group had 36 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for CoStar Group and 8 mentions for Global Payments. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat CoStar Group's score of 0.41 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CoStar Group currently has a consensus target price of $96.08, indicating a potential upside of 22.38%. Global Payments has a consensus target price of $145.32, indicating a potential upside of 43.61%. Given Global Payments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than CoStar Group.
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Global Payments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Global Payments has a net margin of 13.40% compared to CoStar Group's net margin of 8.19%. Global Payments' return on equity of 11.72% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.
Global Payments has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Global Payments beats CoStar Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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