APG vs. WPP, PCOR, CART, CLH, WEX, ESTC, AFRM, PATH, CNM, and STN
Should you be buying APi Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APi Group include WPP (WPP), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Maplebear (CART), Clean Harbors (CLH), WEX (WEX), Elastic (ESTC), Affirm (AFRM), UiPath (PATH), Core & Main (CNM), and Stantec (STN). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
APi Group (NYSE:APG) and WPP (NYSE:WPP) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, APi Group had 6 more articles in the media than WPP. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for APi Group and 4 mentions for WPP. APi Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat WPP's score of 0.20 indicating that APi Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
APi Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WPP.
86.6% of APi Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of WPP shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of APi Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of WPP shares are held 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.
WPP received 291 more outperform votes than APi Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.37% of users gave WPP an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave APi Group an outperform vote.
APi Group currently has a consensus price target of $44.29, suggesting a potential upside of 16.60%. WPP has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.41%. Given APi Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe APi Group is more favorable than WPP.
APi Group has a net margin of 2.21% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. APi Group's return on equity of 20.24% beat WPP's return on equity.
APi Group has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WPP has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
APi Group beats WPP on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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