SPGI vs. ADP, FISV, WM, TRI, ACN, TT, RSG, PAYX, SQ, and MRVL
Should you be buying S&P Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&P Global include Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FISV), Waste Management (WM), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Accenture (ACN), Trane Technologies (TT), Republic Services (RSG), Paychex (PAYX), Block (SQ), and Marvell Technology (MRVL). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
S&P Global vs.
Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) and S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
Automatic Data Processing has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&P Global has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
S&P Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Automatic Data Processing. Automatic Data Processing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&P Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Automatic Data Processing pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Automatic Data Processing pays out 66.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&P Global pays out 34.3% 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. Automatic Data Processing has raised its dividend for 48 consecutive years and S&P Global has raised its dividend for 51 consecutive years.
79.2% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Automatic Data Processing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of S&P Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, S&P Global had 6 more articles in the media than Automatic Data Processing. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for S&P Global and 10 mentions for Automatic Data Processing. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Automatic Data Processing's score of 1.00 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Automatic Data Processing received 171 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.37% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Automatic Data Processing an outperform vote.
S&P Global has a net margin of 29.05% compared to Automatic Data Processing's net margin of 18.24%. Automatic Data Processing's return on equity of 96.94% beat S&P Global's return on equity.
Automatic Data Processing currently has a consensus price target of $246.60, indicating a potential upside of 10.77%. S&P Global has a consensus price target of $393.56, indicating a potential upside of 14.15%. Given S&P Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe S&P Global is more favorable than Automatic Data Processing.
Summary
S&P Global beats Automatic Data Processing on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SPGI 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.
S&P Global Competitors List
