IHS vs. DNB, CBZ, ICFI, HURN, VSEC, CRAI, ACTG, FC, MG, and OMEX
Should you be buying (IHS) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of (IHS) include Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), ICF International (ICFI), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), VSE (VSEC), CRA International (CRAI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), Mistras Group (MG), and Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) and (IHS) (NYSE:IHS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
(IHS) received 60 more outperform votes than Dun & Bradstreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave (IHS) an outperform vote while only 50.66% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.
Dun & Bradstreet has a net margin of -1.56% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -181.22%. (IHS)'s return on equity of 10.99% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.
Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, (IHS) has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dun & Bradstreet currently has a consensus target price of $13.64, indicating a potential upside of 42.26%. (IHS) has a consensus target price of $10.40, indicating a potential upside of 184.93%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe (IHS) is more favorable than Dun & Bradstreet.
In the previous week, (IHS) had 4 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for (IHS) and 2 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. (IHS)'s average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 0.00 indicating that Dun & Bradstreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.5% of (IHS) shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of (IHS) shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dun & Bradstreet has higher revenue and earnings than (IHS). Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than (IHS), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Dun & Bradstreet beats (IHS) on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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