FDS vs. APP, TRU, STX, J, GRAB, OMC, RBA, RTO, GEN, and BAH
Should you be buying FactSet Research Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FactSet Research Systems include AppLovin (APP), TransUnion (TRU), Seagate Technology (STX), Jacobs Solutions (J), Grab (GRAB), Omnicom Group (OMC), RB Global (RBA), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Gen Digital (GEN), and Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) and FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
41.9% of AppLovin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of AppLovin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AppLovin has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AppLovin had 8 more articles in the media than FactSet Research Systems. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for AppLovin and 19 mentions for FactSet Research Systems. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat FactSet Research Systems' score of 0.89 indicating that FactSet Research Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FactSet Research Systems received 229 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 47.74% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote while only 42.98% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
AppLovin currently has a consensus target price of $66.72, suggesting a potential downside of 21.25%. FactSet Research Systems has a consensus target price of $443.56, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Given AppLovin's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FactSet Research Systems is more favorable than AppLovin.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to FactSet Research Systems' net margin of 10.84%. AppLovin's return on equity of 34.36% beat FactSet Research Systems' return on equity.
FactSet Research Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AppLovin. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppLovin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AppLovin and FactSet Research Systems tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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