CGI Group (GIB) Competitors

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and CGI Group (NYSE:GIB) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Do analysts prefer ACN or GIB?

Accenture presently has a consensus target price of $360.21, suggesting a potential upside of 46.39%. CGI Group has a consensus target price of $148.25, suggesting a potential upside of 58.06%. Given CGI Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CGI Group is more favorable than Accenture.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accenture	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
CGI Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ACN or GIB more profitable?

Accenture has a net margin of 11.61% compared to CGI Group's net margin of 11.01%. Accenture's return on equity of 26.55% beat CGI Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accenture	11.61%	26.55%	13.44%
CGI Group	11.01%	18.53%	10.14%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ACN or GIB?

75.1% of Accenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of CGI Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Accenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of CGI Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ACN or GIB a better dividend stock?

Accenture pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CGI Group pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Accenture pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CGI Group pays out 7.9% 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. Accenture has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Accenture is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ACN or GIB?

Accenture has higher revenue and earnings than CGI Group. CGI Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accenture, 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
Accenture	$64.90B	2.37	$7.26B	$12.56	19.59
CGI Group	$15.56B	1.34	$1.24B	$5.41	17.34

Does the media refer more to ACN or GIB?

In the previous week, Accenture had 45 more articles in the media than CGI Group. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Accenture and 10 mentions for CGI Group. CGI Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Accenture's score of 1.34 indicating that CGI Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Accenture	46 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CGI Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ACN or GIB?

Accenture has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CGI Group has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Accenture beats CGI Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.