GIB vs. BAH, FCN, G, EXPO, ICFI, ASTH, MEG, HURN, RMR, and HCKT
Should you be buying CGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CGI include Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), FTI Consulting (FCN), Genpact (G), Exponent (EXPO), ICF International (ICFI), Astrana Health (ASTH), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), The RMR Group (RMR), and The Hackett Group (HCKT). These companies are all part of the "management consulting services" industry.
CGI (NYSE:GIB) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
CGI presently has a consensus target price of $165.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.17%. Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus target price of $159.78, suggesting a potential upside of 3.40%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CGI is more favorable than Booz Allen Hamilton.
CGI has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CGI has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Booz Allen Hamilton's net margin of 5.68%. Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity of 67.92% beat CGI's return on equity.
In the previous week, Booz Allen Hamilton had 56 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton and 6 mentions for CGI. CGI's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Booz Allen Hamilton's score of 0.49 indicating that CGI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CGI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Booz Allen Hamilton. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booz Allen Hamilton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.7% of CGI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of CGI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CGI received 59 more outperform votes than Booz Allen Hamilton when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.90% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave CGI an outperform vote.
Summary
CGI beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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