SAIC vs. IOT, LDOS, GDDY, JKHY, PSN, CACI, LNW, OTEX, KD, and AUR Should you be buying Science Applications International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Science Applications International include Samsara (IOT), Leidos (LDOS), GoDaddy (GDDY), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Parsons (PSN), CACI International (CACI), Light & Wonder (LNW), Open Text (OTEX), Kyndryl (KD), and Aurora Innovation (AUR). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
Samsara (NYSE:IOT ) and Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Science Applications International has a net margin of 6.41% compared to Science Applications International's net margin of -30.59%. Samsara's return on equity of 23.73% beat Science Applications International's return on equity.
Samsara currently has a consensus target price of $32.60, suggesting a potential downside of 3.89%. Science Applications International has a consensus target price of $127.60, suggesting a potential downside of 5.24%. Given Science Applications International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Samsara is more favorable than Science Applications International.
89.4% of Samsara shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Science Applications International shares are held by institutional investors. 66.1% of Samsara shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Science Applications International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Samsara has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Science Applications International has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Science Applications International has higher revenue and earnings than Samsara. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Applications International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Science Applications International received 395 more outperform votes than Samsara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.04% of users gave Science Applications International an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Samsara had 7 more articles in the media than Science Applications International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Samsara and 11 mentions for Science Applications International. Samsara's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Science Applications International's score of 0.41 indicating that Science Applications International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary Science Applications International beats Samsara on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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