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$491.25 +10.03 (+2.08%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

IT vs. CTSH, LDOS, BAH, EPAM, DOX, CACI, TDC, HCKT, UIS, and FORR

Should you be buying Gartner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gartner include Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Leidos (LDOS), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), CACI International (CACI), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Unisys (UIS), and Forrester Research (FORR). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.

Gartner vs.

Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

91.5% of Gartner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Gartner currently has a consensus price target of $543.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.69%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus price target of $80.35, indicating a potential upside of 1.42%. Given Gartner's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gartner is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gartner
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Cognizant Technology Solutions
1 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.15

Cognizant Technology Solutions received 758 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.03% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 58.13% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GartnerOutperform Votes
465
58.13%
Underperform Votes
335
41.88%
Cognizant Technology SolutionsOutperform Votes
1223
74.03%
Underperform Votes
429
25.97%

Gartner has a net margin of 17.33% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 11.60%. Gartner's return on equity of 118.27% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gartner17.33% 118.27% 11.93%
Cognizant Technology Solutions 11.60%17.08%12.44%

Gartner has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Gartner had 3 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gartner and 10 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Gartner's score of 1.02 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gartner
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cognizant Technology Solutions
3 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gartner$6.14B6.17$882.47M$13.5636.23
Cognizant Technology Solutions$19.41B2.02$2.13B$4.5217.53

Summary

Gartner beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IT vs. The Competition

MetricGartnerManagement services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.89B$6.72B$7.15B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A3.45%2.33%3.60%
P/E Ratio36.2312.1928.2041.26
Price / Sales6.172.00403.3417.60
Price / Cash36.9714.5231.0021.28
Price / Book56.5313.515.815.32
Net Income$882.47M$154.97M$125.99M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.38%-1.48%4.01%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-5.45%-2.60%8.75%-3.68%
1 Year Performance10.80%-18.71%19.17%12.14%

Gartner Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IT
Gartner
4.6102 of 5 stars
$491.25
+2.1%
$543.75
+10.7%
+11.0%$37.89B$6.14B36.2320,237Positive News
High Trading Volume
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.3138 of 5 stars
$80.78
+0.9%
$79.47
-1.6%
+7.0%$40.05B$19.41B17.71347,700Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
LDOS
Leidos
4.949 of 5 stars
$151.91
-0.6%
$182.00
+19.8%
+36.8%$20.27B$16.28B17.4447,000Analyst Upgrade
BAH
Booz Allen Hamilton
4.9874 of 5 stars
$135.98
+1.1%
$167.44
+23.1%
+5.1%$17.37B$10.66B21.1134,200Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
EPAM
EPAM Systems
4.4394 of 5 stars
$243.45
-0.5%
$268.95
+10.5%
-14.6%$13.81B$4.64B31.7753,150Analyst Upgrade
DOX
Amdocs
4.7442 of 5 stars
$87.31
+0.0%
$101.20
+15.9%
+0.7%$10.26B$5.00B20.6630,695
CACI
CACI International
4.2892 of 5 stars
$411.44
+0.4%
$524.45
+27.5%
+27.6%$9.22B$7.87B20.3124,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TDC
Teradata
4.143 of 5 stars
$32.72
+1.3%
$40.00
+22.2%
-25.6%$3.13B$1.83B38.456,500
HCKT
The Hackett Group
4.3114 of 5 stars
$32.13
+0.6%
$30.00
-6.6%
+38.0%$886.56M$307.02M26.231,350Positive News
UIS
Unisys
2.6334 of 5 stars
$7.03
+1.4%
N/A+25.5%$487.62M$2.02B-1.2216,500Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
FORR
Forrester Research
3.3491 of 5 stars
$15.91
-1.2%
N/A-42.3%$302.23M$442.52M-46.031,744

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This page (NYSE:IT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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