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Infosys (INFY) Competitors

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$22.00 +0.27 (+1.24%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

INFY vs. SAP, PLTR, SHOP, APP, CRWD, TEAM, TTD, NTES, DDOG, and SNOW

Should you be buying Infosys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Infosys include SAP (SAP), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Shopify (SHOP), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Atlassian (TEAM), Trade Desk (TTD), NetEase (NTES), Datadog (DDOG), and Snowflake (SNOW). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Infosys vs.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Infosys (NYSE:INFY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

SAP has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infosys has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Infosys has a net margin of 17.15% compared to SAP's net margin of 8.15%. Infosys' return on equity of 31.43% beat SAP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SAP8.15% 11.44% 6.92%
Infosys 17.15%31.43%19.49%

SAP received 268 more outperform votes than Infosys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.00% of users gave SAP an outperform vote while only 55.62% of users gave Infosys an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SAPOutperform Votes
763
66.00%
Underperform Votes
393
34.00%
InfosysOutperform Votes
495
55.62%
Underperform Votes
395
44.38%

SAP has higher revenue and earnings than Infosys. Infosys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SAP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SAP$33.27B8.68$6.64B$2.5094.01
Infosys$18.56B4.91$3.17B$0.7828.20

In the previous week, SAP had 5 more articles in the media than Infosys. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for SAP and 15 mentions for Infosys. SAP's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Infosys' score of 0.67 indicating that SAP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SAP
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Infosys
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SAP presently has a consensus target price of $252.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.37%. Infosys has a consensus target price of $20.85, suggesting a potential downside of 5.21%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SAP is more favorable than Infosys.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SAP
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Infosys
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

SAP pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Infosys pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. SAP pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Infosys pays out 53.8% 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. Infosys is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

10.9% of Infosys shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Infosys shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SAP beats Infosys on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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INFY vs. The Competition

MetricInfosysCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$91.10B$6.61B$23.83B$19.89B
Dividend Yield1.96%2.55%2.78%3.54%
P/E Ratio28.2016.14259.8042.58
Price / Sales4.913.943,279.8218.13
Price / Cash23.8826.6332.7417.85
Price / Book8.595.117.395.59
Net Income$3.17B$196.51M$662.56M$985.39M
7 Day Performance-0.23%-1.98%-0.46%-0.19%
1 Month Performance-2.29%1.27%0.45%0.14%
1 Year Performance25.36%11.47%17.41%23.70%

Infosys Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INFY
Infosys
2.2162 of 5 stars
$22.00
+1.2%
$20.85
-5.2%
+25.4%$90.00B$18.56B28.20317,240Analyst Downgrade
SAP
SAP
2.4654 of 5 stars
$235.02
+0.8%
$252.33
+7.4%
+53.3%$286.49B$33.77B94.01107,602
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
3.2663 of 5 stars
$62.11
-1.4%
$31.71
-48.9%
+191.0%$143.47B$2.23B310.573,735Insider Trade
SHOP
Shopify
4.4192 of 5 stars
$103.97
-0.6%
$94.95
-8.7%
+49.6%$134.96B$7.06B97.178,300Positive News
APP
AppLovin
3.4824 of 5 stars
$325.22
+1.3%
$222.96
-31.4%
+723.3%$109.14B$4.29B98.551,745Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.5841 of 5 stars
$350.15
-0.9%
$333.82
-4.7%
+68.6%$86.60B$3.06B507.467,925Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TEAM
Atlassian
4.1398 of 5 stars
$245.45
-0.9%
$244.21
-0.5%
+31.9%$64.52B$4.36B0.0012,157Insider Trade
TTD
Trade Desk
3.348 of 5 stars
$123.90
+3.8%
$122.65
-1.0%
+84.1%$58.94B$1.95B203.113,115Gap Up
NTES
NetEase
4.4756 of 5 stars
$87.53
+2.2%
$107.29
+22.6%
-26.1%$55.02B$14.57B14.7929,128Dividend Announcement
DDOG
Datadog
4.7404 of 5 stars
$135.45
+1.5%
$150.96
+11.5%
+21.2%$45.32B$2.13B255.575,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SNOW
Snowflake
4.7444 of 5 stars
$129.12
-0.9%
$171.59
+32.9%
-22.6%$43.66B$2.81B0.007,004Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:INFY) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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