Concentrix (CNXC) Competitors

Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) and ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, CNXC or ICLR?

Concentrix has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICON Public has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CNXC or ICLR?

ICON Public has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Concentrix. Concentrix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICON Public, 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	$9.59B	0.36	$251.22M	$3.99	13.59
ICON Public	$8.28B	1.65	$612.34M	$9.53	17.70

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNXC or ICLR?

ICON Public received 599 more outperform votes than Concentrix when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave Concentrix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Concentrix	Outperform Votes 26 55.32%	Underperform Votes 21 44.68%
ICON Public	Outperform Votes 625 65.65%	Underperform Votes 327 34.35%

Does the media prefer CNXC or ICLR?

In the previous week, Concentrix had 16 more articles in the media than ICON Public. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Concentrix and 21 mentions for ICON Public. Concentrix's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat ICON Public's score of 0.02 indicating that Concentrix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Concentrix	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ICON Public	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend CNXC or ICLR?

Concentrix presently has a consensus target price of $69.60, indicating a potential upside of 28.39%. ICON Public has a consensus target price of $272.50, indicating a potential upside of 61.53%. Given ICON Public's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ICON Public is more favorable than Concentrix.

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
ICON Public	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is CNXC or ICLR more profitable?

ICON Public has a net margin of 9.56% compared to Concentrix's net margin of 2.61%. Concentrix's return on equity of 16.67% beat ICON Public's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Concentrix	2.61%	16.67%	5.63%
ICON Public	9.56%	11.81%	6.65%

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

90.3% of Concentrix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Concentrix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of ICON Public shares are owned by 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.

Summary

ICON Public beats Concentrix on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.