Experian (EXPGF) Competitors

Affinion Group (OTCMKTS:AFGR) and Experian (OTCMKTS:EXPGF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AFGR or EXPGF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Affinion Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Experian	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.84	43.78

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AFGR or EXPGF?

Affinion Group received 48 more outperform votes than Experian when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Affinion Group an outperform vote while only 67.65% of users gave Experian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Affinion Group	Outperform Votes 71 69.61%	Underperform Votes 31 30.39%
Experian	Outperform Votes 23 67.65%	Underperform Votes 11 32.35%

Does the media prefer AFGR or EXPGF?

In the previous week, Experian had 1 more articles in the media than Affinion Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Experian and 0 mentions for Affinion Group. Experian's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Affinion Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Experian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Affinion Group	Neutral
Experian	Positive

Do analysts prefer AFGR or EXPGF?

Experian has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.21%. Given Experian's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Experian is more favorable than Affinion Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Affinion Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Experian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is AFGR or EXPGF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Affinion Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Experian	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AFGR or EXPGF?

41.0% of Experian shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Experian beats Affinion Group on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.