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$295.77 -10.85 (-3.54%)
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MEDP vs. IQV, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, GRAB, RDDT, RBA, GFL, and TRU

Should you be buying Medpace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medpace include IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), Reddit (RDDT), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), and TransUnion (TRU). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Medpace vs.

Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) and IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Medpace has a net margin of 19.17% compared to IQVIA's net margin of 8.91%. Medpace's return on equity of 51.48% beat IQVIA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Medpace19.17% 51.48% 20.47%
IQVIA 8.91%28.81%7.02%

IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than Medpace. IQVIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medpace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Medpace$2.16B3.94$404.39M$13.1022.58
IQVIA$15.50B1.53$1.37B$7.3418.71

IQVIA received 333 more outperform votes than Medpace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 62.81% of users gave Medpace an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MedpaceOutperform Votes
353
62.81%
Underperform Votes
209
37.19%
IQVIAOutperform Votes
686
68.12%
Underperform Votes
321
31.88%

In the previous week, IQVIA had 8 more articles in the media than Medpace. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for IQVIA and 20 mentions for Medpace. Medpace's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat IQVIA's score of 1.29 indicating that Medpace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Medpace
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
IQVIA
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Medpace has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

78.0% of Medpace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Medpace shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Medpace presently has a consensus price target of $349.30, suggesting a potential upside of 18.10%. IQVIA has a consensus price target of $228.14, suggesting a potential upside of 66.12%. Given IQVIA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IQVIA is more favorable than Medpace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Medpace
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
IQVIA
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Summary

IQVIA beats Medpace on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MEDP vs. The Competition

MetricMedpaceCommercial physical research IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.50B$3.00B$5.37B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.27%5.22%4.10%
P/E Ratio23.42109.8026.8419.71
Price / Sales3.94162.05392.34117.39
Price / Cash24.7234.5738.2534.62
Price / Book10.912.356.794.50
Net Income$404.39M$118.81M$3.23B$248.18M
7 Day Performance-0.22%-3.41%1.53%0.20%
1 Month Performance4.78%-3.43%10.06%12.37%
1 Year Performance-24.13%-17.71%16.72%7.04%

Medpace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEDP
Medpace
4.6961 of 5 stars
$295.77
-3.5%
$349.30
+18.1%
-25.4%$8.50B$2.16B23.425,200Positive News
IQV
IQVIA
4.9341 of 5 stars
$156.09
+4.8%
$231.71
+48.4%
-40.1%$27.00B$15.50B20.8186,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CPAY
Corpay
4.3462 of 5 stars
$349.68
+6.8%
$395.07
+13.0%
+20.1%$24.57B$4.05B25.0110,500Positive News
GIB
CGI
3.8068 of 5 stars
$107.99
+1.9%
$156.75
+45.2%
+2.3%$24.48B$15.14B19.5390,000Positive News
TOST
Toast
2.619 of 5 stars
$42.85
+4.9%
$40.91
-4.5%
+61.3%$21.31B$5.22B-4,280.324,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
AER
AerCap
3.4288 of 5 stars
$111.37
+1.6%
$118.00
+6.0%
+22.5%$20.80B$8.06B8.82740Positive News
GRAB
Grab
1.844 of 5 stars
$4.99
+1.8%
$5.60
+12.1%
+29.3%$20.09B$2.92B-249.509,490Gap Up
RDDT
Reddit
3.8924 of 5 stars
$111.05
+2.4%
$140.35
+26.4%
+61.4%$20.09B$1.45B-14.372,013Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
RBA
RB Global
2.817 of 5 stars
$104.16
-1.7%
$114.50
+9.9%
+43.1%$19.29B$4.33B51.824,200Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
GFL
GFL Environmental
3.375 of 5 stars
$48.68
-2.0%
$54.14
+11.2%
+57.2%$19.15B$7.99B-36.6019,500Positive News
TRU
TransUnion
4.8128 of 5 stars
$91.81
+6.6%
$109.38
+19.1%
+7.5%$17.91B$4.26B62.8812,200Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:MEDP) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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