VRSK vs. EFX, WDAY, ZEN, FCN, PEGA, EXPO, DNB, CBZ, FIVN, and ATHM
Should you be buying Verisk Analytics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verisk Analytics include Equifax (EFX), Workday (WDAY), Zendesk (ZEN), FTI Consulting (FCN), Pegasystems (PEGA), Exponent (EXPO), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), Five9 (FIVN), and Autohome (ATHM).
Equifax (NYSE:EFX) and Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Equifax had 6 more articles in the media than Verisk Analytics. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Equifax and 12 mentions for Verisk Analytics. Equifax's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Verisk Analytics' score of 0.64 indicating that Verisk Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.2% of Equifax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Equifax shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Verisk Analytics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Equifax. Verisk Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equifax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Verisk Analytics has a net margin of 28.45% compared to Verisk Analytics' net margin of 10.42%. Equifax's return on equity of 268.19% beat Verisk Analytics' return on equity.
Equifax pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Verisk Analytics pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Equifax pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Verisk Analytics pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Verisk Analytics has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Equifax has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equifax presently has a consensus price target of $270.19, suggesting a potential upside of 16.77%. Verisk Analytics has a consensus price target of $254.31, suggesting a potential upside of 0.60%. Given Verisk Analytics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Equifax is more favorable than Verisk Analytics.
Equifax received 55 more outperform votes than Verisk Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.11% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave Equifax an outperform vote.
Summary
Equifax beats Verisk Analytics on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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