BAH vs. CTSH, IT, LDOS, EPAM, DOX, CACI, TDC, HCKT, UIS, and FORR
Should you be buying Booz Allen Hamilton stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Booz Allen Hamilton include Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), Leidos (LDOS), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), CACI International (CACI), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), and Forrester Research (FORR). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
Booz Allen Hamilton vs.
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Booz Allen Hamilton's net margin of 7.39%. Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity of 68.97% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.
Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Booz Allen Hamilton pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Booz Allen Hamilton pays out 32.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cognizant Technology Solutions pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Booz Allen Hamilton has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Booz Allen Hamilton is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 671 more outperform votes than Booz Allen Hamilton when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.55% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 64.09% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognizant Technology Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 16 more articles in the media than Booz Allen Hamilton. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 26 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 1.13 indicating that Booz Allen Hamilton is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Booz Allen Hamilton currently has a consensus target price of $158.27, indicating a potential upside of 49.59%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus target price of $84.56, indicating a potential upside of 9.00%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Booz Allen Hamilton is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Summary
Cognizant Technology Solutions beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BAH) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
