ASGN vs. WK, STNE, ALIT, CWAN, SATS, PI, VRNS, AVT, CVLT, and CAMT
Should you be buying ASGN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASGN include Workiva (WK), StoneCo (STNE), Alight (ALIT), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), EchoStar (SATS), Impinj (PI), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Avnet (AVT), Commvault Systems (CVLT), and Camtek (CAMT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Workiva (NYSE:WK) and ASGN (NYSE:ASGN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
ASGN received 136 more outperform votes than Workiva when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.27% of users gave ASGN an outperform vote while only 65.50% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote.
ASGN has higher revenue and earnings than Workiva. Workiva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASGN, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Workiva had 4 more articles in the media than ASGN. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Workiva and 3 mentions for ASGN. ASGN's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Workiva's score of -0.27 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of ASGN shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Workiva shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of ASGN shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Workiva has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASGN has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Workiva presently has a consensus price target of $111.86, indicating a potential upside of 47.05%. ASGN has a consensus price target of $96.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.90%. Given ASGN's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Workiva is more favorable than ASGN.
ASGN has a net margin of 4.76% compared to ASGN's net margin of -14.20%. Workiva's return on equity of 14.90% beat ASGN's return on equity.
Summary
ASGN beats Workiva on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ASGN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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