DNB vs. TRU, EXPO, AUR, EXLS, MARA, NVEI, CRVL, WU, BCO, and TNET
Should you be buying Dun & Bradstreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dun & Bradstreet include TransUnion (TRU), Exponent (EXPO), Aurora Innovation (AUR), ExlService (EXLS), Marathon Digital (MARA), Nuvei (NVEI), CorVel (CRVL), Western Union (WU), Brink's (BCO), and TriNet Group (TNET). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, TransUnion had 3 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for TransUnion and 5 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat TransUnion's score of 0.42 indicating that Dun & Bradstreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransUnion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dun & Bradstreet has a net margin of -1.56% compared to TransUnion's net margin of -7.02%. TransUnion's return on equity of 14.26% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.
TransUnion received 232 more outperform votes than Dun & Bradstreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.25% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 50.66% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.
Dun & Bradstreet pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Dun & Bradstreet pays out -250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransUnion pays out -29.4% 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. Dun & Bradstreet is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dun & Bradstreet has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TransUnion. Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransUnion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dun & Bradstreet presently has a consensus price target of $13.64, indicating a potential upside of 28.10%. TransUnion has a consensus price target of $83.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.57%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than TransUnion.
Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransUnion has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Dun & Bradstreet beats TransUnion on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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