Clarivate (CLVT) Competitors

Clarivate (NYSE:CLVT) and FTAI Aviation (NYSE:FTAI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CLVT or FTAI?

FTAI Aviation received 295 more outperform votes than Clarivate when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.11% of users gave FTAI Aviation an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Clarivate an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clarivate	Outperform Votes 48 53.33%	Underperform Votes 42 46.67%
FTAI Aviation	Outperform Votes 343 64.11%	Underperform Votes 192 35.89%

Is CLVT or FTAI more profitable?

FTAI Aviation has a net margin of 1.59% compared to Clarivate's net margin of -24.90%. FTAI Aviation's return on equity of 206.25% beat Clarivate's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clarivate	-24.90%	9.10%	3.93%
FTAI Aviation	1.59%	206.25%	8.37%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CLVT or FTAI?

85.7% of Clarivate shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Clarivate shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of FTAI Aviation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CLVT or FTAI?

Clarivate presently has a consensus target price of $5.83, indicating a potential upside of 66.67%. FTAI Aviation has a consensus target price of $172.83, indicating a potential upside of 83.07%. Given FTAI Aviation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FTAI Aviation is more favorable than Clarivate.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clarivate	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
FTAI Aviation	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Does the media favor CLVT or FTAI?

In the previous week, FTAI Aviation had 7 more articles in the media than Clarivate. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FTAI Aviation and 5 mentions for Clarivate. Clarivate's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat FTAI Aviation's score of 1.22 indicating that Clarivate is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clarivate	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
FTAI Aviation	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CLVT or FTAI?

FTAI Aviation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Clarivate. FTAI Aviation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarivate, 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
Clarivate	$2.56B	0.94	-$911.20M	-$0.96	-3.65
FTAI Aviation	$1.73B	5.58	$212.02M	-$0.35	-269.74

Which has more risk and volatility, CLVT or FTAI?

Clarivate has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FTAI Aviation has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FTAI Aviation beats Clarivate on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.