EXLS vs. STMP, ENV, HMSY, ADS, JKHY, WEX, G, MMS, EEFT, and WU
Should you be buying ExlService stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ExlService include Stamps.com (STMP), Envestnet (ENV), HMS (HMSY), Alliance Data Systems (ADS), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G), Maximus (MMS), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), and Western Union (WU).
ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) and Stamps.com (NASDAQ:STMP) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
ExlService currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.80%. Given ExlService's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ExlService is more favorable than Stamps.com.
Stamps.com has a net margin of 15.25% compared to ExlService's net margin of 10.92%. ExlService's return on equity of 23.13% beat Stamps.com's return on equity.
ExlService received 68 more outperform votes than Stamps.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.19% of users gave Stamps.com an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave ExlService an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ExlService had 5 more articles in the media than Stamps.com. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ExlService and 0 mentions for Stamps.com. ExlService's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Stamps.com's score of 0.00 indicating that ExlService is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ExlService has higher revenue and earnings than Stamps.com. ExlService is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stamps.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.9% of ExlService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.9% of Stamps.com shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of ExlService shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Stamps.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ExlService has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stamps.com has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ExlService beats Stamps.com on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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