Free Trial

WNS (WNS) Competitors

WNS logo
$74.76 -0.09 (-0.11%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$74.73 -0.02 (-0.03%)
As of 07/11/2025 05:00 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

WNS vs. ICLR, FTAI, MEDP, FOUR, HQY, BILI, WPP, LYFT, MARA, and SEZL

Should you be buying WNS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WNS include Icon (ICLR), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), Medpace (MEDP), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), HealthEquity (HQY), Bilibili (BILI), WPP (WPP), Lyft (LYFT), Marathon Digital (MARA), and Sezzle (SEZL). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

WNS vs. Its Competitors

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

Icon presently has a consensus target price of $198.08, indicating a potential upside of 31.60%. WNS has a consensus target price of $64.94, indicating a potential downside of 13.13%. Given Icon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Icon is more favorable than WNS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Icon
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
WNS
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Icon has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WNS has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.6% of Icon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of WNS shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of Icon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WNS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

WNS has a net margin of 12.94% compared to Icon's net margin of 9.25%. WNS's return on equity of 23.26% beat Icon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Icon9.25% 11.46% 6.49%
WNS 12.94%23.26%12.11%

In the previous week, WNS had 30 more articles in the media than Icon. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for WNS and 12 mentions for Icon. Icon's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat WNS's score of 0.23 indicating that Icon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Icon
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
WNS
9 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Icon$8.28B1.47$791.47M$9.1816.40
WNS$1.31B2.64$170.11M$3.7220.10

Summary

Icon beats WNS on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get WNS News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WNS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WNS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

WNS vs. The Competition

MetricWNSBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.47B$5.98B$15.39B$20.79B
Dividend YieldN/A3.03%2.70%3.71%
P/E Ratio20.1022.6928.4427.89
Price / Sales2.641.9643.6042.50
Price / Cash14.5313.8426.7222.63
Price / Book4.135.266.164.57
Net Income$170.11M$150.49M$188.45M$988.81M
7 Day Performance14.34%-0.33%0.92%0.20%
1 Month Performance23.22%4.49%3.67%3.93%
1 Year Performance32.52%57.46%29.55%10.27%

WNS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WNS
WNS
2.4554 of 5 stars
$74.76
-0.1%
$64.94
-13.1%
+34.1%$3.47B$1.31B20.1064,505News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ICLR
Icon
4.4629 of 5 stars
$147.59
-1.7%
$213.08
+44.4%
-55.0%$12.12B$8.28B16.0841,900News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
4.7745 of 5 stars
$111.49
-3.0%
$171.83
+54.1%
+15.1%$11.79B$1.73B530.9040Positive News
MEDP
Medpace
4.2691 of 5 stars
$318.90
-0.8%
$344.82
+8.1%
-25.6%$9.24B$2.11B24.345,900News Coverage
Analyst Revision
FOUR
Shift4 Payments
3.9537 of 5 stars
$102.95
+1.1%
$115.35
+12.0%
+44.8%$9.02B$3.33B34.784,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HQY
HealthEquity
3.7785 of 5 stars
$101.83
-0.3%
$118.09
+16.0%
+24.8%$8.83B$1.20B74.333,120Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BILI
Bilibili
1.6562 of 5 stars
$22.48
+7.7%
$21.62
-3.8%
+21.7%$8.73B$3.68B-112.398,088News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
WPP
WPP
2.2152 of 5 stars
$35.13
-3.4%
N/A-40.7%$7.85B$18.84B5.88108,044Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LYFT
Lyft
4.4201 of 5 stars
$16.07
-0.5%
$16.67
+3.7%
+10.2%$6.75B$5.79B107.132,934Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MARA
Marathon Digital
1.7486 of 5 stars
$16.75
-5.2%
$20.94
+25.0%
+0.6%$6.22B$656.38M-11.559Gap Up
SEZL
Sezzle
1.8222 of 5 stars
$181.50
-0.4%
$108.28
-40.3%
+883.7%$6.06B$271.13M61.32540Insider Trade

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:WNS) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners