WNS (WNS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, WNS or ALLE?

WNS has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allegion has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WNS or ALLE?

WNS received 99 more outperform votes than Allegion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.65% of users gave WNS an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave Allegion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WNS	Outperform Votes 534 72.65%	Underperform Votes 201 27.35%
Allegion	Outperform Votes 435 57.46%	Underperform Votes 322 42.54%

Is WNS or ALLE more profitable?

Allegion has a net margin of 15.84% compared to WNS's net margin of 10.03%. Allegion's return on equity of 45.12% beat WNS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WNS	10.03%	22.25%	11.58%
Allegion	15.84%	45.12%	14.24%

Does the media favor WNS or ALLE?

In the previous week, Allegion had 13 more articles in the media than WNS. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Allegion and 22 mentions for WNS. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat WNS's score of 0.69 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WNS	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Allegion	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer WNS or ALLE?

WNS currently has a consensus target price of $62.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.70%. Allegion has a consensus target price of $140.40, suggesting a potential upside of 1.08%. Given WNS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe WNS is more favorable than Allegion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WNS	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Allegion	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WNS or ALLE?

97.4% of WNS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Allegion shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of WNS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Allegion 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, WNS or ALLE?

Allegion has higher revenue and earnings than WNS. WNS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegion, 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	2.11	$140.15M	$3.72	16.14
Allegion	$3.82B	3.13	$597.50M	$7.12	19.51

Summary

Allegion beats WNS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.