DXC vs. LYFT, HQY, LIF, FOUR, QBTS, MARA, WPP, ETSY, AMTM, and STNE
Should you be buying DXC Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DXC Technology include Lyft (LYFT), HealthEquity (HQY), Life360 (LIF), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Marathon Digital (MARA), WPP (WPP), Etsy (ETSY), Amentum (AMTM), and StoneCo (STNE). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
DXC Technology vs. Its Competitors
Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
DXC Technology has a net margin of 2.96% compared to Lyft's net margin of 1.51%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 18.59% beat Lyft's return on equity.
Lyft has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXC Technology has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.1% of Lyft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of DXC Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Lyft shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of DXC Technology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lyft presently has a consensus target price of $17.07, suggesting a potential downside of 15.43%. DXC Technology has a consensus target price of $15.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.87%. Given DXC Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DXC Technology is more favorable than Lyft.
DXC Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Lyft. DXC Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lyft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lyft had 31 more articles in the media than DXC Technology. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Lyft and 10 mentions for DXC Technology. DXC Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Lyft's score of 0.65 indicating that DXC Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
DXC Technology beats Lyft on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DXC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:DXC) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
