APTV vs. VRSK, FIS, GPN, IT, CPRT, SPOT, WCN, EFX, MRVL, and IQV
Should you be buying Aptiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptiv include Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), Gartner (IT), Copart (CPRT), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Waste Connections (WCN), Equifax (EFX), Marvell Technology (MRVL), and IQVIA (IQV). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Aptiv vs.
Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus target price of $201.09, suggesting a potential upside of 7.14%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $135.76, suggesting a potential upside of 25.73%. Given Aptiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Verisk Analytics.
Verisk Analytics has a net margin of 32.92% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 3.40%. Verisk Analytics' return on equity of 41.53% beat Aptiv's return on equity.
In the previous week, Verisk Analytics had 6 more articles in the media than Aptiv. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Verisk Analytics and 5 mentions for Aptiv. Verisk Analytics' average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Aptiv's score of 0.48 indicating that Verisk Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Verisk Analytics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aptiv. Verisk Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aptiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.9% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.9% of Aptiv shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Aptiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aptiv received 541 more outperform votes than Verisk Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.79% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 66.58% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote.
Summary
Verisk Analytics and Aptiv tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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