IT vs. RCM, EFX, GPN, APTV, SPOT, VRSK, FIS, PLTR, RTO, and NU
Should you be buying Gartner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gartner include R1 RCM (RCM), Equifax (EFX), Global Payments (GPN), Aptiv (APTV), Spotify Technology (SPOT), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Rentokil Initial (RTO), and NU (NU). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Gartner vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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