TNET vs. MMS, EXLS, FOUR, NVEI, WU, CNXC, DLO, CBZ, ENV, and WNS
Should you be buying TriNet Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TriNet Group include Maximus (MMS), ExlService (EXLS), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Nuvei (NVEI), Western Union (WU), Concentrix (CNXC), DLocal (DLO), CBIZ (CBZ), Envestnet (ENV), and WNS (WNS). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and TriNet Group (NYSE:TNET) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Maximus and Maximus both had 3 articles in the media. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat TriNet Group's score of 1.14 indicating that TriNet Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Maximus pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. TriNet Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Maximus pays out 31.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TriNet Group pays out 16.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Maximus has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Maximus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Maximus has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TriNet Group has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Maximus currently has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.74%. TriNet Group has a consensus target price of $117.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.07%. Given TriNet Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Maximus is more favorable than TriNet Group.
TriNet Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maximus. TriNet Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maximus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Maximus received 91 more outperform votes than TriNet Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.98% of users gave TriNet Group an outperform vote while only 65.78% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote.
TriNet Group has a net margin of 6.78% compared to TriNet Group's net margin of 4.58%. Maximus' return on equity of 124.38% beat TriNet Group's return on equity.
97.2% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of TriNet Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Maximus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.1% of TriNet Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
TriNet Group beats Maximus on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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