APTV vs. BAH, OMC, J, CPAY, FDS, BR, VLTO, SYM, KSPI, and RKT
Should you be buying Aptiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptiv include Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Omnicom Group (OMC), Jacobs Solutions (J), Corpay (CPAY), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Veralto (VLTO), Symbotic (SYM), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and Rocket Companies (RKT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Aptiv had 3 more articles in the media than Booz Allen Hamilton. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Aptiv and 12 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton. Aptiv's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Booz Allen Hamilton's score of 0.59 indicating that Booz Allen Hamilton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aptiv has a net margin of 14.65% compared to Aptiv's net margin of 3.96%. Aptiv's return on equity of 65.31% beat Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity.
91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Aptiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Aptiv shares are owned 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.
Aptiv received 558 more outperform votes than Booz Allen Hamilton when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.85% of users gave Aptiv an outperform vote while only 65.01% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote.
Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptiv has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Booz Allen Hamilton currently has a consensus target price of $145.11, indicating a potential downside of 0.01%. Aptiv has a consensus target price of $109.93, indicating a potential upside of 54.37%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aptiv is more favorable than Booz Allen Hamilton.
Aptiv has higher revenue and earnings than Booz Allen Hamilton. Aptiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booz Allen Hamilton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Aptiv beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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