FDS vs. APP, J, GEN, TRU, OMC, GRAB, BAH, RBA, CPAY, and RTO
Should you be buying FactSet Research Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FactSet Research Systems include AppLovin (APP), Jacobs Solutions (J), Gen Digital (GEN), TransUnion (TRU), Omnicom Group (OMC), Grab (GRAB), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), RB Global (RBA), Corpay (CPAY), and Rentokil Initial (RTO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) and FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.
AppLovin has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AppLovin had 30 more articles in the media than FactSet Research Systems. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for AppLovin and 7 mentions for FactSet Research Systems. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat FactSet Research Systems' score of 0.78 indicating that FactSet Research Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FactSet Research Systems received 225 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.06% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote while only 42.98% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
AppLovin presently has a consensus target price of $71.72, suggesting a potential downside of 13.06%. FactSet Research Systems has a consensus target price of $443.56, suggesting a potential downside of 1.19%. Given AppLovin's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FactSet Research Systems is more favorable than AppLovin.
FactSet Research Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AppLovin. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppLovin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to FactSet Research Systems' net margin of 16.46%. FactSet Research Systems' return on equity of 51.55% beat AppLovin's return on equity.
41.9% of AppLovin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of AppLovin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
AppLovin beats FactSet Research Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FDS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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