RKT vs. PLTR, OMC, BR, FDS, RTO, J, FLT, NU, IPG, and STX
Should you be buying Rocket Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rocket Companies include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Omnicom Group (OMC), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Jacobs Solutions (J), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), NU (NU), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), and Seagate Technology (STX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Rocket Companies vs.
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Rocket Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. Palantir Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rocket Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Rocket Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 94.0% of Rocket Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Rocket Companies. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 7 mentions for Rocket Companies. Rocket Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.41 indicating that Rocket Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $9.64, indicating a potential upside of 22.37%. Rocket Companies has a consensus target price of $7.67, indicating a potential downside of 11.47%. Given Palantir Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Palantir Technologies is more favorable than Rocket Companies.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.87, indicating that its share price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rocket Companies has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rocket Companies received 327 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.13% of users gave Rocket Companies an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Rocket Companies has a net margin of 0.80% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of -19.61%. Rocket Companies' return on equity of -4.14% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Rocket Companies beats Palantir Technologies on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RKT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Rocket Companies Competitors List
