MSCI vs. CSGP, DASH, FICO, RELX, AKAM, ETSY, ZG, PYPL, UBER, and SE
Should you be buying MSCI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MSCI include CoStar Group (CSGP), DoorDash (DASH), Fair Isaac (FICO), Relx (RELX), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Etsy (ETSY), Zillow Group (ZG), PayPal (PYPL), Uber Technologies (UBER), and SEA (SE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
MSCI vs.
MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) and CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
MSCI has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. MSCI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MSCI currently has a consensus price target of $567.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.27%. CoStar Group has a consensus price target of $87.08, indicating a potential upside of 10.95%. Given MSCI's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSCI is more favorable than CoStar Group.
MSCI has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoStar Group has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MSCI has a net margin of 38.62% compared to CoStar Group's net margin of 16.32%. CoStar Group's return on equity of 6.73% beat MSCI's return on equity.
88.2% of MSCI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of MSCI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CoStar Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, MSCI had 8 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for MSCI and 10 mentions for CoStar Group. CoStar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat MSCI's score of 0.42 indicating that CoStar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CoStar Group received 102 more outperform votes than MSCI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.13% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 66.58% of users gave MSCI an outperform vote.
Summary
MSCI beats CoStar Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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