IQV vs. UBER, RELX, MELI, ICLR, RTO, Z, ZG, ALLE, FTAI, and CART
Should you be buying IQVIA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IQVIA include Uber Technologies (UBER), Relx (RELX), MercadoLibre (MELI), ICON Public (ICLR), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), Allegion (ALLE), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), and Maplebear (CART). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
IQVIA received 135 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.88% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote while only 68.00% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote.
In the previous week, IQVIA had 4 more articles in the media than Uber Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for IQVIA and 42 mentions for Uber Technologies. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Uber Technologies' score of 0.74 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Uber Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than IQVIA. IQVIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uber Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IQVIA currently has a consensus price target of $263.56, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Uber Technologies has a consensus price target of $85.97, indicating a potential upside of 32.26%. Given Uber Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Uber Technologies is more favorable than IQVIA.
IQVIA has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
IQVIA has a net margin of 9.39% compared to Uber Technologies' net margin of 3.60%. IQVIA's return on equity of 28.59% beat Uber Technologies' return on equity.
89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by 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.
Summary
IQVIA and Uber Technologies tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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