(IHS) (IHS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IHS or CBZ?

CBIZ received 21 more outperform votes than (IHS) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave CBIZ 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%
CBIZ	Outperform Votes 354 61.25%	Underperform Votes 224 38.75%

Which has higher 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	0.46	-$1.98B	-$7.00	-0.42
CBIZ	$1.68B	2.43	$120.97M	$2.36	34.48

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IHS or CBZ?

17.5% of (IHS) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of CBIZ shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of (IHS) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of CBIZ shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, IHS or CBZ?

(IHS) has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CBIZ has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IHS or CBZ?

In the previous week, (IHS) and (IHS) both had 5 articles in the media. CBIZ's average media sentiment score of 0.86 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)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CBIZ	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer IHS or CBZ?

(IHS) presently has a consensus target price of $7.30, suggesting a potential upside of 145.79%. CBIZ has a consensus target price of $86.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.69%. Given (IHS)'s higher possible upside, research 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

CBIZ beats (IHS) on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.