WNS (WNS) Competitors

WNS (NYSE:WNS) and Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WNS or MEDP?

97.4% of WNS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Medpace shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of WNS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Medpace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WNS or MEDP more profitable?

Medpace has a net margin of 18.74% compared to WNS's net margin of 12.11%. Medpace's return on equity of 67.66% beat WNS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WNS	12.11%	22.90%	12.02%
Medpace	18.74%	67.66%	21.86%

Do analysts recommend WNS or MEDP?

WNS presently has a consensus target price of $68.13, suggesting a potential downside of 9.68%. Medpace has a consensus target price of $406.60, suggesting a potential downside of 12.30%. Given WNS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe WNS is more favorable than Medpace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WNS	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Medpace	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WNS or MEDP?

Medpace has higher revenue and earnings than WNS. WNS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medpace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WNS	$1.31B	2.46	$170.11M	$3.59	21.01
Medpace	$2.11B	6.18	$404.39M	$13.45	34.47

Which has more volatility & risk, WNS or MEDP?

WNS has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medpace has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WNS or MEDP?

In the previous week, Medpace had 8 more articles in the media than WNS. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Medpace and 11 mentions for WNS. Medpace's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat WNS's score of 0.73 indicating that Medpace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WNS	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Medpace	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Medpace beats WNS on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.