EXLS vs. MMS, WU, WEX, FLT, BR, TNET, FOUR, CNXC, NVEI, and WNS
Should you be buying ExlService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ExlService include Maximus (MMS), Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), TriNet Group (TNET), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Concentrix (CNXC), Nuvei (NVEI), and WNS (WNS). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
ExlService vs.
ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) and Maximus (NYSE:MMS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
ExlService has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maximus has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ExlService presently has a consensus price target of $180.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.06%. Maximus has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.11%. Given Maximus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Maximus is more favorable than ExlService.
95.8% of ExlService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of ExlService shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Maximus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Maximus had 10 more articles in the media than ExlService. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Maximus and 5 mentions for ExlService. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ExlService's score of 0.46 indicating that Maximus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Maximus has higher revenue and earnings than ExlService. Maximus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ExlService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ExlService has a net margin of 10.66% compared to Maximus' net margin of 3.62%. ExlService's return on equity of 23.43% beat Maximus' return on equity.
ExlService received 85 more outperform votes than Maximus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.47% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave ExlService an outperform vote.
Summary
ExlService beats Maximus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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