HQY vs. GIB, IQV, CPAY, AER, TOST, RDDT, GRAB, RBA, GFL, and KSPI
Should you be buying HealthEquity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HealthEquity include CGI (GIB), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), AerCap (AER), Toast (TOST), Reddit (RDDT), Grab (GRAB), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), and Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
HealthEquity vs. Its Competitors
HealthEquity (NASDAQ:HQY) and CGI (NYSE:GIB) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
CGI has higher revenue and earnings than HealthEquity. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HealthEquity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CGI has a net margin of 11.72% compared to HealthEquity's net margin of 8.41%. CGI's return on equity of 19.32% beat HealthEquity's return on equity.
HealthEquity has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CGI has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HealthEquity currently has a consensus target price of $118.09, indicating a potential upside of 12.94%. CGI has a consensus target price of $156.75, indicating a potential upside of 44.07%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CGI is more favorable than HealthEquity.
99.6% of HealthEquity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of CGI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of HealthEquity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of CGI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, HealthEquity had 24 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for HealthEquity and 6 mentions for CGI. CGI's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat HealthEquity's score of 0.57 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CGI received 59 more outperform votes than HealthEquity when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.40% of users gave HealthEquity an outperform vote while only 63.26% of users gave CGI an outperform vote.
Summary
CGI beats HealthEquity on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:HQY) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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