DFIN vs. NVEE, PFMT, ASPS, OCG, SE, U, ARW, KT, CIEN, and GLOB
Should you be buying Donnelley Financial Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Donnelley Financial Solutions include NV5 Global (NVEE), Performant Financial (PFMT), Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), Oriental Culture (OCG), SEA (SE), Unity Software (U), Arrow Electronics (ARW), KT (KT), Ciena (CIEN), and Globant (GLOB).
NV5 Global (NASDAQ:NVEE) and Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
NV5 Global presently has a consensus price target of $128.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.20%. Donnelley Financial Solutions has a consensus price target of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.11%. Given Donnelley Financial Solutions' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NV5 Global is more favorable than Donnelley Financial Solutions.
Donnelley Financial Solutions received 3 more outperform votes than NV5 Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.47% of users gave Donnelley Financial Solutions an outperform vote while only 59.87% of users gave NV5 Global an outperform vote.
NV5 Global has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donnelley Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Donnelley Financial Solutions has a net margin of 12.43% compared to Donnelley Financial Solutions' net margin of 4.39%. NV5 Global's return on equity of 24.68% beat Donnelley Financial Solutions' return on equity.
75.5% of NV5 Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Donnelley Financial Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of NV5 Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Donnelley Financial Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NV5 Global had 4 more articles in the media than Donnelley Financial Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NV5 Global and 1 mentions for Donnelley Financial Solutions. NV5 Global's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Donnelley Financial Solutions' score of 0.94 indicating that Donnelley Financial Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Donnelley Financial Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NV5 Global. Donnelley Financial Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NV5 Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Donnelley Financial Solutions beats NV5 Global on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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