WIT vs. VRSN, CTSH, ZS, EPAM, DOX, AZPN, INFY, GLW, VEEV, and VOD
Should you be buying Wipro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wipro include VeriSign (VRSN), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Zscaler (ZS), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Infosys (INFY), Corning (GLW), Veeva Systems (VEEV), and Vodafone Group Public (VOD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Wipro vs.
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) and Wipro (NYSE:WIT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
VeriSign has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Wipro has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
VeriSign has a net margin of 48.20% compared to Wipro's net margin of 12.56%. Wipro's return on equity of 15.45% beat VeriSign's return on equity.
VeriSign currently has a consensus target price of $258.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.75%. Wipro has a consensus target price of $4.44, suggesting a potential downside of 6.87%. Given VeriSign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VeriSign is more favorable than Wipro.
91.2% of VeriSign shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Wipro shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of VeriSign shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wipro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, VeriSign had 4 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for VeriSign and 5 mentions for Wipro. Wipro's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat VeriSign's score of 0.20 indicating that Wipro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wipro has higher revenue and earnings than VeriSign. Wipro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VeriSign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VeriSign received 54 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave VeriSign an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.
Summary
VeriSign beats Wipro on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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