MORN vs. PATH, GFL, GEN, GRAB, RBA, IPG, BEN, CNM, PCOR, and TRU
Should you be buying Morningstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morningstar include UiPath (PATH), GFL Environmental (GFL), Gen Digital (GEN), Grab (GRAB), RB Global (RBA), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Franklin Resources (BEN), Core & Main (CNM), Procore Technologies (PCOR), and TransUnion (TRU).
UiPath (NYSE:PATH) and Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Morningstar has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Morningstar's net margin of -6.87%. UiPath's return on equity of 18.54% beat Morningstar's return on equity.
Morningstar received 157 more outperform votes than UiPath when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.46% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote while only 45.09% of users gave UiPath an outperform vote.
Morningstar has higher revenue and earnings than UiPath. UiPath is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morningstar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, UiPath had 17 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for UiPath and 14 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat UiPath's score of 0.23 indicating that UiPath is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UiPath has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UiPath currently has a consensus price target of $27.44, suggesting a potential upside of 20.45%. Morningstar has a consensus price target of $320.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.85%. Given Morningstar's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UiPath is more favorable than Morningstar.
62.5% of UiPath shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Morningstar shares are held by institutional investors. 31.0% of UiPath shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Morningstar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Morningstar beats UiPath on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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