CSGP vs. MSCI, FIS, GPN, FLT, EQIX, SE, EBAY, VRSN, AKAM, and SPSC
Should you be buying CoStar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoStar Group include MSCI (MSCI), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), Global Payments (GPN), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), and SPS Commerce (SPSC).
CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
CoStar Group received 105 more outperform votes than MSCI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.45% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 65.67% of users gave MSCI an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MSCI had 7 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for MSCI and 8 mentions for CoStar Group. CoStar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat MSCI's score of 0.91 indicating that CoStar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MSCI has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. MSCI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of MSCI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of MSCI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CoStar Group presently has a consensus target price of $102.46, suggesting a potential upside of 31.08%. MSCI has a consensus target price of $570.53, suggesting a potential upside of 15.22%. Given CoStar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than MSCI.
MSCI has a net margin of 44.55% compared to CoStar Group's net margin of 11.64%. CoStar Group's return on equity of 4.95% beat MSCI's return on equity.
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSCI has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CoStar Group and MSCI tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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