Corpay (CPAY) Competitors

Relx (NYSE:RELX) and Corpay (NYSE:CPAY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RELX or CPAY?

15.0% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Corpay shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Relx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Corpay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RELX or CPAY?

Relx has higher revenue and earnings than Corpay. Corpay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, 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
Relx	$9.43B	9.85	$2.47B	$1.86	26.91
Corpay	$3.97B	6.29	$1.00B	$13.98	25.46

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RELX or CPAY?

Relx received 360 more outperform votes than Corpay when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.09% of users gave Corpay an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Relx	Outperform Votes 391 56.42%	Underperform Votes 302 43.58%
Corpay	Outperform Votes 31 72.09%	Underperform Votes 12 27.91%

Does the media favor RELX or CPAY?

In the previous week, Corpay had 9 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Corpay and 13 mentions for Relx. Corpay's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Relx's score of 0.81 indicating that Corpay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Relx	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corpay	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RELX or CPAY more profitable?

Corpay has a net margin of 25.25% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Corpay's return on equity of 41.46% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Relx	N/A	N/A	N/A
Corpay	25.25%	41.46%	7.55%

Do analysts recommend RELX or CPAY?

Corpay has a consensus price target of $399.71, suggesting a potential upside of 12.30%. Given Corpay's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Corpay is more favorable than Relx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Relx	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Corpay	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Which has more risk & volatility, RELX or CPAY?

Relx has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corpay has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corpay beats Relx on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.