ExlService (EXLS) Competitors

Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

Do analysts recommend MMS or EXLS?

Maximus presently has a consensus price target of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.25%. ExlService has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.78%. Given ExlService's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Maximus is more favorable than ExlService.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maximus	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
ExlService	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MMS or EXLS?

ExlService has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maximus. ExlService is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maximus, 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
Maximus	$4.98B	1.00	$161.79M	$3.02	26.97
ExlService	$1.63B	2.98	$184.56M	$1.09	26.80

Which has more volatility & risk, MMS or EXLS?

Maximus has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ExlService has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MMS or EXLS?

ExlService received 98 more outperform votes than Maximus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.78% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote while only 61.10% of users gave ExlService an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Maximus	Outperform Votes 444 65.78%	Underperform Votes 231 34.22%
ExlService	Outperform Votes 542 61.10%	Underperform Votes 345 38.90%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MMS or EXLS?

97.2% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of ExlService shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Maximus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of ExlService shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MMS or EXLS more profitable?

ExlService has a net margin of 11.32% compared to ExlService's net margin of 3.73%. Maximus' return on equity of 22.83% beat ExlService's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maximus	3.73%	15.68%	6.55%
ExlService	11.32%	22.83%	13.97%

Does the media prefer MMS or EXLS?

In the previous week, Maximus had 3 more articles in the media than ExlService. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Maximus and 1 mentions for ExlService. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat ExlService's score of 1.31 indicating that ExlService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Maximus	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ExlService	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

ExlService beats Maximus on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.