MMS vs. EXLS, WU, PAY, WEX, TNET, FOUR, NVEI, CNXC, DLO, and CBZ
Should you be buying Maximus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maximus include ExlService (EXLS), Western Union (WU), Paymentus (PAY), WEX (WEX), TriNet Group (TNET), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), Nuvei (NVEI), Concentrix (CNXC), DLocal (DLO), and CBIZ (CBZ). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Maximus (NYSE:MMS) and ExlService (NASDAQ:EXLS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
ExlService received 101 more outperform votes than Maximus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.78% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave ExlService an outperform vote.
97.2% of Maximus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of ExlService shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Maximus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of ExlService shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ExlService had 9 more articles in the media than Maximus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ExlService and 3 mentions for Maximus. Maximus' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat ExlService's score of 0.71 indicating that Maximus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Maximus currently has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.74%. ExlService has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Given ExlService's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ExlService is more favorable than Maximus.
ExlService has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Maximus. Maximus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ExlService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Maximus has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ExlService has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
ExlService has a net margin of 10.92% compared to Maximus' net margin of 4.58%. ExlService's return on equity of 23.13% beat Maximus' return on equity.
Summary
ExlService beats Maximus on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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