Concentrix (CNXC) Competitors

Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) and Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend CNXC or FOUR?

Concentrix currently has a consensus target price of $79.00, suggesting a potential upside of 80.70%. Shift4 Payments has a consensus target price of $100.15, suggesting a potential downside of 8.81%. Given Concentrix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Concentrix is more favorable than Shift4 Payments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Concentrix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Shift4 Payments	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CNXC or FOUR?

90.3% of Concentrix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Concentrix shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Shift4 Payments 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.

Is CNXC or FOUR more profitable?

Shift4 Payments has a net margin of 4.04% compared to Concentrix's net margin of 2.18%. Shift4 Payments' return on equity of 23.86% beat Concentrix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concentrix	2.18%	16.57%	5.57%
Shift4 Payments	4.04%	23.86%	5.87%

Does the media refer more to CNXC or FOUR?

In the previous week, Shift4 Payments had 13 more articles in the media than Concentrix. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Shift4 Payments and 9 mentions for Concentrix. Concentrix's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Shift4 Payments' score of 0.58 indicating that Concentrix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Concentrix	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shift4 Payments	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNXC or FOUR?

Shift4 Payments received 69 more outperform votes than Concentrix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.78% of users gave Shift4 Payments an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Concentrix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concentrix	Outperform Votes 24 54.55%	Underperform Votes 20 45.45%
Shift4 Payments	Outperform Votes 93 60.78%	Underperform Votes 60 39.22%

Which has more risk and volatility, CNXC or FOUR?

Concentrix has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CNXC or FOUR?

Concentrix has higher revenue and earnings than Shift4 Payments. Concentrix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shift4 Payments, 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
Concentrix	$7.11B	0.40	$313.84M	$3.08	14.19
Shift4 Payments	$3.15B	3.14	$86.20M	$1.84	59.68

Summary

Shift4 Payments beats Concentrix on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.