(IHS) (IHS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IHS or CBZ?

CBIZ received 22 more outperform votes than (IHS) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave CBIZ an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave (IHS) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
(IHS)	Outperform Votes 334 60.29%	Underperform Votes 220 39.71%
CBIZ	Outperform Votes 356 61.27%	Underperform Votes 225 38.73%

Do analysts rate IHS or CBZ?

(IHS) currently has a consensus price target of $7.60, indicating a potential upside of 58.83%. CBIZ has a consensus price target of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.89%. Given (IHS)'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe (IHS) is more favorable than CBIZ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
(IHS)	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
CBIZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IHS or CBZ?

17.5% of (IHS) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of CBIZ shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of (IHS) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of CBIZ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, IHS or CBZ?

CBIZ has lower revenue, but higher earnings than (IHS). (IHS) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBIZ, 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
(IHS)	$2.13B	0.75	-$1.98B	-$7.00	-0.68
CBIZ	$1.81B	1.97	$120.97M	$1.47	45.04

Is IHS or CBZ more profitable?

CBIZ has a net margin of 7.08% compared to (IHS)'s net margin of -130.78%. CBIZ's return on equity of 15.12% beat (IHS)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
(IHS)	-130.78%	-15.70%	-1.20%
CBIZ	7.08%	15.12%	6.16%

Does the media prefer IHS or CBZ?

In the previous week, CBIZ had 20 more articles in the media than (IHS). MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for CBIZ and 3 mentions for (IHS). CBIZ's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat (IHS)'s score of 0.00 indicating that CBIZ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
(IHS)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CBIZ	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, IHS or CBZ?

(IHS) has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBIZ has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CBIZ beats (IHS) on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.