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Experian (EXPN) Competitors

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GBX 3,738 +91.00 (+2.50%)
As of 01/17/2025 12:28 PM Eastern

EXPN vs. DATA, AFM, YOU, ELIX, FNTL, RCDO, SAG, GTLY, PPHC, and MANO

Should you be buying Experian stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Experian include GlobalData (DATA), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), YouGov (YOU), Elixirr International (ELIX), Fintel (FNTL), Ricardo (RCDO), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Public Policy (PPHC), and Manolete Partners (MANO). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.

Experian vs.

GlobalData (LON:DATA) and Experian (LON:EXPN) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

GlobalData has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Experian has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Experian has higher revenue and earnings than GlobalData. Experian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GlobalData, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GlobalData£276.80M5.31£33.10M£0.044,650.00
Experian£7.10B4.81£1.20B£1.003,738.00

GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Experian pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GlobalData pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Experian pays out 4,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

23.8% of GlobalData shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Experian shares are held by institutional investors. 66.5% of GlobalData shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Experian 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.

In the previous week, GlobalData had 13 more articles in the media than Experian. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for GlobalData and 4 mentions for Experian. Experian's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat GlobalData's score of 0.34 indicating that Experian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GlobalData
3 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Experian
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Experian received 596 more outperform votes than GlobalData when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.80% of users gave Experian an outperform vote while only 66.87% of users gave GlobalData an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GlobalDataOutperform Votes
109
66.87%
Underperform Votes
54
33.13%
ExperianOutperform Votes
705
69.80%
Underperform Votes
305
30.20%

Experian has a net margin of 16.89% compared to GlobalData's net margin of 11.96%. Experian's return on equity of 27.87% beat GlobalData's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GlobalData11.96% 13.25% 7.91%
Experian 16.89%27.87%9.65%

GlobalData currently has a consensus target price of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 61.29%. Experian has a consensus target price of GBX 4,200, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Given GlobalData's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe GlobalData is more favorable than Experian.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GlobalData
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Experian
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Experian beats GlobalData on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EXPN vs. The Competition

MetricExperianConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£34.16B£3.75B£4.74B£2.06B
Dividend Yield1.16%3.10%3.96%5.16%
P/E Ratio3,738.003,737.63370.211,943.78
Price / Sales4.81252.22356.09427,090.66
Price / Cash172.4631.8329.7829.43
Price / Book7.372.773.403.10
Net Income£1.20B£126.51M£196.30M£158.20M
7 Day Performance8.13%-0.66%0.61%3.25%
1 Month Performance3.57%-3.22%0.64%2.64%
1 Year Performance16.96%-3.80%28.77%174.99%

Experian Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXPN
Experian
1.8663 of 5 stars
GBX 3,738
+2.5%
GBX 4,200
+12.4%
+17.5%£34.16B£7.10B3,738.0022,400Dividend Cut
News Coverage
DATA
GlobalData
2.1209 of 5 stars
GBX 189
-6.0%
GBX 295
+56.1%
-5.6%£1.49B£276.80M4,725.003,532Analyst Forecast
AFM
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
N/AN/AGBX 442.50
+∞
N/A£591.19M£233.62M3,876.921,051
YOU
YouGov
2.6846 of 5 stars
GBX 372
-2.0%
GBX 905
+143.3%
-66.6%£434.38M£270M1,860.001,820News Coverage
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 698
flat
N/A+24.7%£327.64M£97.37M1,938.89484Dividend Cut
Insider Trade
News Coverage
Gap Up
FNTL
Fintel
N/AGBX 256
flat
N/A+3.9%£266.73M£68.90M4,266.67501
RCDO
Ricardo
1.2293 of 5 stars
GBX 395
-3.9%
GBX 730
+84.8%
-9.3%£245.73M£474.70M39,500.002,978
SAG
Science Group
N/AGBX 464.50
+2.5%
N/A+18.4%£209.30M£110.93M3,573.08443Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GTLY
Gateley
N/AGBX 131.77
-1.7%
N/A-4.6%£172.05M£172.49M1,647.131,068Dividend Cut
News Coverage
PPHC
Public Policy
2.6383 of 5 stars
GBX 135
-2.1%
GBX 250
+85.2%
+17.9%£161.69M£140.40M-900.00367News Coverage
Gap Down
MANO
Manolete Partners
N/AGBX 80
-1.2%
N/A-55.6%£35.01M£26.30M4,000.0029

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