GIB vs. RELX, MELI, PYPL, WCN, IQV, ICLR, KSPI, CPAY, AER, and RTO
Should you be buying CGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CGI include Relx (RELX), MercadoLibre (MELI), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), ICON Public (ICLR), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Corpay (CPAY), AerCap (AER), and Rentokil Initial (RTO). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
CGI (NYSE:GIB) and Relx (NYSE:RELX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
66.7% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of CGI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Relx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CGI had 8 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CGI and 7 mentions for Relx. Relx's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat CGI's score of 0.40 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CGI received 216 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.33% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 56.53% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
CGI presently has a consensus target price of $132.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.93%. Given CGI's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CGI is more favorable than Relx.
CGI has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Relx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CGI.
CGI has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. CGI's return on equity of 20.43% beat Relx's return on equity.
Summary
CGI beats Relx on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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