CGI (GIB) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, GIB or RELX?

CGI has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Relx has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GIB or RELX?

66.7% of CGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. 9.9% of CGI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Relx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GIB or RELX?

CGI received 215 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave CGI an outperform vote while only 56.36% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CGI	Outperform Votes 605 63.22%	Underperform Votes 352 36.78%
Relx	Outperform Votes 390 56.36%	Underperform Votes 302 43.64%

Which has better earnings & valuation, GIB or RELX?

Relx has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CGI. CGI 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
CGI	$14.86B	1.54	$1.24B	$5.53	18.30
Relx	$9.43B	9.91	$2.47B	$1.86	27.09

Does the media prefer GIB or RELX?

In the previous week, CGI and CGI both had 11 articles in the media. Relx's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat CGI's score of 1.05 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CGI	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Relx	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GIB or RELX a better dividend stock?

CGI pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Relx pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. CGI pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Relx pays out 59.7% 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.

Do analysts rate GIB or RELX?

CGI presently has a consensus target price of $153.25, suggesting a potential upside of 51.43%. Given CGI's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CGI is more favorable than Relx.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CGI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Relx	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is GIB or RELX more profitable?

CGI has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. CGI's return on equity of 19.32% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CGI	11.72%	19.32%	10.82%
Relx	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

CGI beats Relx on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.