ASGN vs. AVT, WK, CWAN, PI, FORM, ZI, CVLT, ALIT, VERX, and ITRI
Should you be buying ASGN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASGN include Avnet (AVT), Workiva (WK), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Impinj (PI), FormFactor (FORM), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Alight (ALIT), Vertex (VERX), and Itron (ITRI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) and Avnet (NASDAQ:AVT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
ASGN presently has a consensus target price of $96.67, suggesting a potential downside of 4.40%. Avnet has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.62%. Given ASGN's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ASGN is more favorable than Avnet.
ASGN received 520 more outperform votes than Avnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.27% of users gave ASGN an outperform vote while only 22.50% of users gave Avnet an outperform vote.
95.4% of ASGN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Avnet shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of ASGN shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Avnet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ASGN has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avnet has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Avnet has higher revenue and earnings than ASGN. Avnet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASGN, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Avnet had 24 more articles in the media than ASGN. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Avnet and 2 mentions for ASGN. Avnet's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat ASGN's score of -0.33 indicating that Avnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ASGN has a net margin of 4.76% compared to Avnet's net margin of 2.31%. ASGN's return on equity of 14.90% beat Avnet's return on equity.
Summary
ASGN beats Avnet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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