VNT vs. SPSC, KVYO, TNET, FCFS, ULS, G, SPXC, FOUR, MARA, and SOFI
Should you be buying Vontier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vontier include SPS Commerce (SPSC), Klaviyo (KVYO), TriNet Group (TNET), FirstCash (FCFS), UL Solutions (ULS), Genpact (G), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Marathon Digital (MARA), and SoFi Technologies (SOFI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) and Vontier (NYSE:VNT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Vontier had 4 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vontier and 2 mentions for SPS Commerce. SPS Commerce's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Vontier's score of 1.28 indicating that Vontier is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Vontier shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Vontier shares are held by 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.
SPS Commerce received 590 more outperform votes than Vontier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.88% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Vontier an outperform vote.
Vontier has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Vontier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SPS Commerce has a net margin of 12.26% compared to SPS Commerce's net margin of 12.18%. SPS Commerce's return on equity of 60.00% beat Vontier's return on equity.
SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vontier has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SPS Commerce presently has a consensus price target of $199.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.68%. Vontier has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.63%. Given Vontier's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Vontier.
Summary
SPS Commerce and Vontier tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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