Gartner (IT) Competitors

R1 RCM (NASDAQ:RCM) and Gartner (NYSE:IT) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RCM or IT?

Gartner received 186 more outperform votes than R1 RCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.01% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote while only 57.27% of users gave R1 RCM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
R1 RCM	Outperform Votes 256 57.27%	Underperform Votes 191 42.73%
Gartner	Outperform Votes 442 59.01%	Underperform Votes 307 40.99%

Does the media refer more to RCM or IT?

In the previous week, Gartner had 10 more articles in the media than R1 RCM. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Gartner and 5 mentions for R1 RCM. R1 RCM's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Gartner's score of 0.41 indicating that R1 RCM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
R1 RCM	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gartner	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RCM or IT?

97.1% of R1 RCM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.0% of R1 RCM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Gartner shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RCM or IT?

Gartner has higher revenue and earnings than R1 RCM. R1 RCM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
R1 RCM	$1.81 billion	3.88	-$57.60 million	-$0.23	-72.96
Gartner	$5.48 billion	4.97	$807.80 million	$11.59	29.73

Do analysts recommend RCM or IT?

R1 RCM presently has a consensus target price of $17.44, indicating a potential upside of 3.92%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $359.13, indicating a potential upside of 4.23%. Given Gartner's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gartner is more favorable than R1 RCM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
R1 RCM	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
Gartner	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is RCM or IT more profitable?

Gartner has a net margin of 16.56% compared to R1 RCM's net margin of -4.41%. Gartner's return on equity of 772.55% beat R1 RCM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
R1 RCM	-4.41%	-1.02%	-0.55%
Gartner	16.56%	772.55%	13.70%

Which has more risk & volatility, RCM or IT?

R1 RCM has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gartner beats R1 RCM on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.