Conduent (CNDT) Competitors

Conduent (NASDAQ:CNDT) and Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, CNDT or UPWK?

Conduent has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upwork has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNDT or UPWK?

Upwork received 209 more outperform votes than Conduent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave Upwork an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Conduent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conduent	Outperform Votes 15 30.00%	Underperform Votes 35 70.00%
Upwork	Outperform Votes 224 57.14%	Underperform Votes 168 42.86%

Do analysts prefer CNDT or UPWK?

Upwork has a consensus price target of $18.58, suggesting a potential upside of 34.22%. Given Upwork's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Upwork is more favorable than Conduent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conduent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Upwork	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CNDT or UPWK?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conduent	$3.36B	0.14	$426M	$2.16	1.36
Upwork	$769.33M	2.44	$215.59M	$1.53	9.05

Is CNDT or UPWK more profitable?

Upwork has a net margin of 28.02% compared to Conduent's net margin of 12.69%. Upwork's return on equity of 50.83% beat Conduent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conduent	12.69%	-11.39%	-3.21%
Upwork	28.02%	50.83%	20.13%

Does the media favor CNDT or UPWK?

In the previous week, Upwork had 15 more articles in the media than Conduent. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Upwork and 7 mentions for Conduent. Conduent's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Upwork's score of 0.80 indicating that Conduent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conduent	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Upwork	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CNDT or UPWK?

77.3% of Conduent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Upwork shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Conduent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Upwork shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Upwork beats Conduent on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.