Emerald (EEX) Competitors

Emerald (NYSE:EEX) and DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EEX or DXC?

DXC Technology received 223 more outperform votes than Emerald when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.16% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave Emerald an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Emerald	Outperform Votes 188 59.31%	Underperform Votes 129 40.69%
DXC Technology	Outperform Votes 411 61.16%	Underperform Votes 261 38.84%

Does the media prefer EEX or DXC?

In the previous week, DXC Technology had 14 more articles in the media than Emerald. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for DXC Technology and 1 mentions for Emerald. Emerald's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat DXC Technology's score of 1.02 indicating that Emerald is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Emerald	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DXC Technology	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend EEX or DXC?

Emerald presently has a consensus price target of $7.90, suggesting a potential upside of 104.40%. DXC Technology has a consensus price target of $21.29, suggesting a potential upside of 24.51%. Given Emerald's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Emerald is more favorable than DXC Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Emerald	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
DXC Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Is EEX or DXC a better dividend stock?

Emerald pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. DXC Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Emerald pays out -120.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DXC Technology pays out -200.0% 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. DXC Technology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is EEX or DXC more profitable?

DXC Technology has a net margin of -0.57% compared to Emerald's net margin of -5.29%. DXC Technology's return on equity of 20.70% beat Emerald's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Emerald	-5.29%	-13.26%	-1.92%
DXC Technology	-0.57%	20.70%	4.87%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, EEX or DXC?

DXC Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Emerald. Emerald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXC Technology, 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
Emerald	$398.80M	1.94	-$8.20M	-$0.05	-77.30
DXC Technology	$13.09B	0.24	$91M	-$0.42	-40.70

Do institutionals & insiders believe in EEX or DXC?

14.9% of Emerald shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of DXC Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.5% of Emerald shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DXC Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, EEX or DXC?

Emerald has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXC Technology has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DXC Technology beats Emerald on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.