IQV vs. TT, SQ, WCN, PAYX, FIS, NU, VRSK, CPRT, PLTR, and RSG
Should you be buying IQVIA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IQVIA include Trane Technologies (TT), Block (SQ), Waste Connections (WCN), Paychex (PAYX), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), NU (NU), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Copart (CPRT), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), and Republic Services (RSG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
IQVIA vs.
Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) and IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Trane Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than IQVIA. Trane Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IQVIA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IQVIA received 534 more outperform votes than Trane Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.39% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 44.05% of users gave Trane Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Trane Technologies had 5 more articles in the media than IQVIA. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Trane Technologies and 3 mentions for IQVIA. Trane Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat IQVIA's score of 0.49 indicating that Trane Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.5% of Trane Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Trane Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of IQVIA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trane Technologies has a net margin of 11.06% compared to IQVIA's net margin of 7.28%. IQVIA's return on equity of 30.95% beat Trane Technologies' return on equity.
Trane Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $182.58, suggesting a potential upside of 5.53%. IQVIA has a consensus price target of $253.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.76%. Given IQVIA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IQVIA is more favorable than Trane Technologies.
Trane Technologies has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IQVIA beats Trane Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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