CTSH vs. IT, ZS, BAH, LDOS, VRSN, AZPN, EPAM, CACI, DOX, and SOGO
Should you be buying Cognizant Technology Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognizant Technology Solutions include Gartner (IT), Zscaler (ZS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Leidos (LDOS), VeriSign (VRSN), Aspen Technology (AZPN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), and Sogou (SOGO).
Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Gartner has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Gartner's net margin of 10.84%. Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity of 141.55% beat Gartner's return on equity.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 761 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Gartner. Cognizant Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.5% of Gartner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Gartner had 4 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gartner and 10 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Gartner's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 1.02 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gartner has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gartner presently has a consensus price target of $474.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.22%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus price target of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.75%. Given Gartner's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cognizant Technology Solutions is more favorable than Gartner.
Summary
Gartner beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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