IT vs. CTSH, LDOS, BAH, EPAM, CACI, DOX, 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), CACI International (CACI), Amdocs (DOX), 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.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and Gartner (NYSE:IT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 758 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.00% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 57.96% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
Cognizant Technology Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $81.19, suggesting a potential upside of 3.49%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $550.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.95%. Given Gartner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gartner is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
In the previous week, Gartner had 9 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Gartner and 16 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Gartner's score of 0.42 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Gartner shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Gartner shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Gartner beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IT) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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