EVERTEC (EVTC) Competitors

WPP (NYSE:WPP) and EVERTEC (NYSE:EVTC) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do analysts prefer WPP or EVTC?

EVERTEC has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.11%. Given EVERTEC's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EVERTEC is more favorable than WPP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WPP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
EVERTEC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility & risk, WPP or EVTC?

WPP has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EVERTEC has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer WPP or EVTC?

In the previous week, WPP had 1 more articles in the media than EVERTEC. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WPP and 5 mentions for EVERTEC. EVERTEC's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat WPP's score of 0.50 indicating that EVERTEC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WPP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EVERTEC	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WPP or EVTC?

WPP has higher revenue and earnings than EVERTEC. WPP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EVERTEC, 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
WPP	$14.74B	0.53	$137.33M	$5.97	6.10
EVERTEC	$845.49M	2.55	$79.72M	$1.73	19.43

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WPP or EVTC?

4.3% of WPP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of WPP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of EVERTEC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WPP or EVTC?

WPP received 48 more outperform votes than EVERTEC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.25% of users gave EVERTEC an outperform vote while only 54.95% of users gave WPP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WPP	Outperform Votes 333 54.95%	Underperform Votes 273 45.05%
EVERTEC	Outperform Votes 285 59.25%	Underperform Votes 196 40.75%

Is WPP or EVTC a better dividend stock?

WPP pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. EVERTEC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. WPP pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EVERTEC pays out 11.6% 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. WPP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is WPP or EVTC more profitable?

EVERTEC has a net margin of 10.20% compared to WPP's net margin of 0.00%. EVERTEC's return on equity of 33.01% beat WPP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WPP	N/A	N/A	N/A
EVERTEC	10.20%	33.01%	8.85%

Summary

WPP beats EVERTEC on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.