CGI (GIB) Competitors

CGI (NYSE:GIB) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts rate GIB or MELI?

CGI currently has a consensus target price of $153.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.61%. MercadoLibre has a consensus target price of $2,244.69, suggesting a potential upside of 6.36%. Given CGI's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CGI is more favorable than MercadoLibre.

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
MercadoLibre	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GIB or MELI?

66.7% of CGI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of CGI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GIB or MELI?

MercadoLibre received 71 more outperform votes than CGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote while only 63.22% of users gave CGI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CGI	Outperform Votes 605 63.22%	Underperform Votes 352 36.78%
MercadoLibre	Outperform Votes 676 65.89%	Underperform Votes 350 34.11%

Does the media prefer GIB or MELI?

In the previous week, MercadoLibre had 40 more articles in the media than CGI. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for MercadoLibre and 7 mentions for CGI. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat CGI's score of 1.17 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CGI	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MercadoLibre	30 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GIB or MELI more profitable?

CGI has a net margin of 11.72% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 7.57%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 40.71% beat CGI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CGI	11.72%	19.32%	10.82%
MercadoLibre	7.57%	40.71%	7.24%

Which has better earnings and valuation, GIB or MELI?

CGI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MercadoLibre. CGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, 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	$10.79B	2.47	$1.24B	$5.53	21.22
MercadoLibre	$14.47B	7.39	$987M	$28.34	74.47

Which has more risk & volatility, GIB or MELI?

CGI has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MercadoLibre beats CGI on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.