GLOB vs. ICLR, GIB, KSPI, CPAY, AER, RTO, RBA, GFL, ALLE, and Z
Should you be buying Globant stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Globant include ICON Public (ICLR), CGI (GIB), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Corpay (CPAY), AerCap (AER), Rentokil Initial (RTO), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), Allegion (ALLE), and Zillow Group (Z). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) and Globant (NYSE:GLOB) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
ICON Public has a net margin of 8.57% compared to ICON Public's net margin of 7.62%. Globant's return on equity of 12.18% beat ICON Public's return on equity.
ICON Public has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Globant has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ICON Public received 226 more outperform votes than Globant when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.26% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 60.58% of users gave Globant an outperform vote.
ICON Public has higher revenue and earnings than Globant. ICON Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Globant, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ICON Public had 8 more articles in the media than Globant. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for ICON Public and 8 mentions for Globant. ICON Public's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Globant's score of 0.64 indicating that Globant is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Globant shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of ICON Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Globant shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ICON Public presently has a consensus target price of $352.56, suggesting a potential upside of 9.00%. Globant has a consensus target price of $216.72, suggesting a potential upside of 12.51%. Given ICON Public's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Globant is more favorable than ICON Public.
Summary
ICON Public beats Globant on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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