CRVL vs. WU, NVEI, BCO, SRCL, DNB, CNXC, BRZE, EXPO, AUR, and PAGS Should you be buying CorVel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CorVel include Western Union (WU), Nuvei (NVEI), Brink's (BCO), Stericycle (SRCL), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Concentrix (CNXC), Braze (BRZE), Exponent (EXPO), Aurora Innovation (AUR), and PagSeguro Digital (PAGS). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL ) and Western Union (NYSE:WU ) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
CorVel has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Union has a net margin of 14.12% compared to CorVel's net margin of 9.69%. Western Union's return on equity of 120.76% beat CorVel's return on equity.
Western Union has higher revenue and earnings than CorVel. Western Union is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CorVel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Western Union received 410 more outperform votes than CorVel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.60% of users gave CorVel an outperform vote while only 53.78% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote.
Western Union has a consensus price target of $13.61, indicating a potential upside of 3.59%. Given Western Union's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Union is more favorable than CorVel.
51.4% of CorVel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Western Union shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.7% of CorVel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Western Union 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.
In the previous week, Western Union had 12 more articles in the media than CorVel. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Western Union and 5 mentions for CorVel. CorVel's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Western Union's score of 0.82 indicating that CorVel is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary CorVel and Western Union tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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