Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) Competitors

Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IT or BAH?

91.5% of Gartner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, IT or BAH?

Gartner has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer IT or BAH?

In the previous week, Gartner had 6 more articles in the media than Booz Allen Hamilton. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Gartner and 12 mentions for Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Gartner's score of 0.57 indicating that Booz Allen Hamilton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gartner	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Booz Allen Hamilton	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate IT or BAH?

Gartner presently has a consensus target price of $539.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.16%. Booz Allen Hamilton has a consensus target price of $180.63, indicating a potential upside of 30.96%. Given Booz Allen Hamilton's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Booz Allen Hamilton is more favorable than Gartner.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gartner	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Booz Allen Hamilton	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IT or BAH?

Gartner has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Booz Allen Hamilton. Booz Allen Hamilton is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, 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
Gartner	$5.90B	6.77	$882.47M	$13.56	38.18
Booz Allen Hamilton	$10.66B	1.65	$605.71M	$6.37	21.65

Is IT or BAH more profitable?

Gartner has a net margin of 17.33% compared to Booz Allen Hamilton's net margin of 7.25%. Gartner's return on equity of 118.27% beat Booz Allen Hamilton's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gartner	17.33%	118.27%	11.93%
Booz Allen Hamilton	7.25%	69.67%	11.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IT or BAH?

Booz Allen Hamilton received 80 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.12% of users gave Booz Allen Hamilton an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gartner	Outperform Votes 465 58.20%	Underperform Votes 334 41.80%
Booz Allen Hamilton	Outperform Votes 545 64.12%	Underperform Votes 305 35.88%

Summary

Gartner beats Booz Allen Hamilton on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.