SPGI vs. MCO, EFX, TRU, DNB, V, MA, ARM, ADP, FI, and WM
Should you be buying S&P Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&P Global include Moody's (MCO), Equifax (EFX), TransUnion (TRU), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), ARM (ARM), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Fiserv (FI), and Waste Management (WM).
S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) and Moody's (NYSE:MCO) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
87.2% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of S&P Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Moody's had 36 more articles in the media than S&P Global. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Moody's and 16 mentions for S&P Global. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Moody's' score of 0.56 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
S&P Global has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moody's has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moody's received 61 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.64% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote.
S&P Global has higher revenue and earnings than Moody's. Moody's 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.
S&P Global currently has a consensus target price of $490.55, indicating a potential upside of 0.15%. Moody's has a consensus target price of $448.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.11%. Given S&P Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe S&P Global is more favorable than Moody's.
Moody's has a net margin of 28.34% compared to S&P Global's net margin of 22.01%. Moody's' return on equity of 57.03% beat S&P Global's return on equity.
S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. S&P Global pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's pays out 37.1% 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. Moody's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Moody's beats S&P Global on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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