Corpay (CPAY) Competitors

Relx (NYSE:RELX) and Corpay (NYSE:CPAY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RELX or CPAY?

Relx received 359 more outperform votes than Corpay when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Corpay an outperform vote while only 56.48% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Relx	Outperform Votes 392 56.48%	Underperform Votes 302 43.52%
Corpay	Outperform Votes 33 68.75%	Underperform Votes 15 31.25%

Do analysts prefer RELX or CPAY?

Corpay has a consensus target price of $395.07, indicating a potential upside of 15.91%. Given Corpay's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corpay is more favorable than Relx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Relx	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Corpay	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, RELX or CPAY?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Relx	$9.43B	10.76	$2.47B	$1.86	29.55
Corpay	$4.05B	5.94	$1.00B	$14.26	23.90

Is RELX or CPAY more profitable?

Corpay has a net margin of 25.25% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Corpay's return on equity of 41.46% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Relx	N/A	N/A	N/A
Corpay	25.25%	41.46%	7.55%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RELX or CPAY?

15.0% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Corpay shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Relx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Corpay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RELX or CPAY?

Relx has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corpay has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RELX or CPAY?

In the previous week, Corpay had 11 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Corpay and 9 mentions for Relx. Corpay's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Relx's score of 1.19 indicating that Corpay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Relx	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corpay	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Corpay beats Relx on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.