LDOS vs. CTSH, IT, BAH, EPAM, CACI, DOX, TDC, HCKT, FORR, and UIS
Should you be buying Leidos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leidos include Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Forrester Research (FORR), and Unisys (UIS). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Cognizant Technology Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $75.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.58%. Leidos has a consensus price target of $149.83, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Leidos' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cognizant Technology Solutions is more favorable than Leidos.
In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than Leidos. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 13 mentions for Leidos. Leidos' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 0.86 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Leidos pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leidos pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cognizant Technology Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Leidos shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Leidos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 2.04%. Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity of 25.66% beat Leidos' return on equity.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 573 more outperform votes than Leidos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.82% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 64.05% of users gave Leidos an outperform vote.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leidos has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Leidos. Cognizant Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leidos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cognizant Technology Solutions beats Leidos on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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