(IHS) (IHS) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IHS or EXPO?

(IHS) has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exponent has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend IHS or EXPO?

(IHS) currently has a consensus target price of $7.30, suggesting a potential upside of 105.34%. Exponent has a consensus target price of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.14%. Given (IHS)'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe (IHS) is more favorable than Exponent.

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
Exponent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is IHS or EXPO more profitable?

Exponent has a net margin of 19.52% compared to (IHS)'s net margin of -130.78%. Exponent's return on equity of 27.27% beat (IHS)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
(IHS)	-130.78%	-15.70%	-1.20%
Exponent	19.52%	27.27%	15.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IHS or EXPO?

(IHS) received 26 more outperform votes than Exponent when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.17% of users gave Exponent an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave (IHS) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
(IHS)	Outperform Votes 333 60.33%	Underperform Votes 219 39.67%
Exponent	Outperform Votes 307 63.17%	Underperform Votes 179 36.83%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IHS or EXPO?

Exponent has lower revenue, but higher earnings than (IHS). (IHS) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exponent, 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	0.56	-$1.98B	-$7.00	-0.51
Exponent	$558.51M	7.57	$109M	$2.12	39.27

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

17.5% of (IHS) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Exponent shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of (IHS) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Exponent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer IHS or EXPO?

In the previous week, Exponent had 4 more articles in the media than (IHS). MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Exponent and 4 mentions for (IHS). Exponent's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat (IHS)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Exponent 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Exponent	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Exponent beats (IHS) on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.