VNT vs. CNXC, DNB, EXPO, AFRM, PSN, NSP, MMS, FCFS, EXLS, and WU
Should you be buying Vontier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vontier include Concentrix (CNXC), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), Affirm (AFRM), Parsons (PSN), Insperity (NSP), Maximus (MMS), FirstCash (FCFS), ExlService (EXLS), and Western Union (WU). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Vontier vs.
Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Concentrix currently has a consensus price target of $160.00, suggesting a potential upside of 74.29%. Vontier has a consensus price target of $28.83, suggesting a potential downside of 5.91%. Given Concentrix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Concentrix is more favorable than Vontier.
In the previous week, Vontier had 3 more articles in the media than Concentrix. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vontier and 1 mentions for Concentrix. Vontier's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Concentrix's score of 0.73 indicating that Vontier is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.3% of Concentrix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Concentrix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Vontier shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Concentrix has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vontier received 14 more outperform votes than Concentrix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Concentrix an outperform vote while only 42.62% of users gave Vontier an outperform vote.
Concentrix has higher revenue and earnings than Vontier. Concentrix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vontier, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Concentrix pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Vontier pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Concentrix pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vontier pays out 6.7% 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.
Vontier has a net margin of 7.28% compared to Concentrix's net margin of 6.42%. Vontier's return on equity of 87.50% beat Concentrix's return on equity.
Summary
Vontier beats Concentrix 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 VNT 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.
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