DXC vs. ATHM, FIVN, RNG, CLVT, YY, PEGA, STNE, UPWK, ETWO, and BILI
Should you be buying DXC Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DXC Technology include Autohome (ATHM), Five9 (FIVN), RingCentral (RNG), Clarivate (CLVT), JOYY (YY), Pegasystems (PEGA), StoneCo (STNE), Upwork (UPWK), E2open Parent (ETWO), and Bilibili (BILI). These companies are all part of the "data processing & preparation" industry.
DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) and Autohome (NYSE:ATHM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
96.2% of DXC Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Autohome shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of DXC Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Autohome shares are owned 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.
DXC Technology presently has a consensus target price of $20.41, suggesting a potential upside of 23.54%. Autohome has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.10%. Given Autohome's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Autohome is more favorable than DXC Technology.
Autohome has a net margin of 25.69% compared to DXC Technology's net margin of 0.67%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 17.88% beat Autohome's return on equity.
DXC Technology received 59 more outperform votes than Autohome when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Autohome an outperform vote.
Autohome has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DXC Technology. Autohome is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXC Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DXC Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Autohome pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. DXC Technology pays out 227.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Autohome pays out 53.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, DXC Technology had 39 more articles in the media than Autohome. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for DXC Technology and 5 mentions for Autohome. Autohome's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat DXC Technology's score of 0.03 indicating that Autohome is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DXC Technology has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autohome has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DXC Technology and Autohome tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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