WIT vs. INFY, CTSH, ZS, VRSN, AZPN, EPAM, DOX, HCP, DOCS, and PRFT
Should you be buying Wipro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wipro include Infosys (INFY), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Zscaler (ZS), VeriSign (VRSN), Aspen Technology (AZPN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), HashiCorp (HCP), Doximity (DOCS), and Perficient (PRFT). These companies are all part of the "custom computer programming services" industry.
Wipro (NYSE:WIT) and Infosys (NYSE:INFY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
2.4% of Wipro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Infosys shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wipro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Infosys shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Infosys has a net margin of 17.18% compared to Wipro's net margin of 12.57%. Infosys' return on equity of 32.01% beat Wipro's return on equity.
Wipro pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Infosys pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Wipro pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Infosys pays out 38.2% 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.
Infosys has higher revenue and earnings than Wipro. Wipro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Infosys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wipro has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infosys has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wipro presently has a consensus target price of $5.30, indicating a potential downside of 14.52%. Infosys has a consensus target price of $19.27, indicating a potential downside of 15.42%. Given Wipro's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Wipro is more favorable than Infosys.
In the previous week, Infosys had 5 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Infosys and 17 mentions for Wipro. Infosys' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Wipro's score of 0.33 indicating that Infosys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Infosys received 162 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.92% of users gave Infosys an outperform vote while only 50.85% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.
Summary
Infosys beats Wipro on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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