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Parsons (PSN) Competitors

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$95.68 +0.58 (+0.61%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

PSN vs. EA, NET, HUBS, RBLX, VEEV, ZS, BIDU, IOT, ZM, and PTC

Should you be buying Parsons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parsons include Electronic Arts (EA), Cloudflare (NET), HubSpot (HUBS), Roblox (RBLX), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Zscaler (ZS), Baidu (BIDU), Samsara (IOT), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), and PTC (PTC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Parsons vs.

Parsons (NYSE:PSN) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Parsons presently has a consensus price target of $108.88, indicating a potential upside of 13.79%. Electronic Arts has a consensus price target of $165.37, indicating a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Parsons' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Parsons is more favorable than Electronic Arts.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Parsons
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Electronic Arts
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Parsons$6.51B1.56$161.15M$0.66144.97
Electronic Arts$7.41B5.23$1.27B$3.8937.99

Electronic Arts received 1442 more outperform votes than Parsons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.51% of users gave Electronic Arts an outperform vote while only 59.79% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ParsonsOutperform Votes
116
59.79%
Underperform Votes
78
40.21%
Electronic ArtsOutperform Votes
1558
74.51%
Underperform Votes
533
25.49%

98.0% of Parsons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held by institutional investors. 56.0% of Parsons shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Electronic Arts shares are held 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.

Electronic Arts has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Parsons' net margin of 1.21%. Electronic Arts' return on equity of 18.56% beat Parsons' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Parsons1.21% 12.74% 5.79%
Electronic Arts 14.12%18.56%10.48%

Parsons has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Electronic Arts has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Electronic Arts had 3 more articles in the media than Parsons. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Electronic Arts and 18 mentions for Parsons. Parsons' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Electronic Arts' score of 0.57 indicating that Parsons is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Parsons
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Electronic Arts
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Electronic Arts beats Parsons on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PSN vs. The Competition

MetricParsonsComputer integrated systems design IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.10B$3.86B$6.95B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A1.87%2.42%3.58%
P/E Ratio144.9715.6127.7241.22
Price / Sales1.5638.14439.7217.58
Price / Cash28.6322.2830.2921.28
Price / Book4.2219.345.705.32
Net Income$161.15M$30.17M$125.76M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-0.91%-1.49%4.00%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-3.73%0.65%8.78%-3.73%
1 Year Performance52.14%8.59%19.02%12.06%

Parsons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSN
Parsons
3.7752 of 5 stars
$95.68
+0.6%
$108.88
+13.8%
+53.7%$10.10B$6.51B144.9718,500Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
EA
Electronic Arts
4.8021 of 5 stars
$156.04
-1.0%
$165.37
+6.0%
+8.2%$40.93B$7.41B40.1813,700Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.9552 of 5 stars
$114.36
+0.7%
$95.20
-16.8%
+36.0%$39.25B$1.57B-436.923,682Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
HUBS
HubSpot
4.4795 of 5 stars
$741.88
+2.8%
$702.23
-5.3%
+27.4%$38.30B$2.17B-2,711.017,663Insider Trade
Positive News
RBLX
Roblox
1.9133 of 5 stars
$61.26
+2.8%
$55.67
-9.1%
+37.1%$37.22B$2.80B-36.342,457
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.8158 of 5 stars
$226.02
-1.2%
$255.73
+13.1%
+22.5%$36.69B$2.66B56.207,172Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ZS
Zscaler
4.2531 of 5 stars
$203.81
+2.7%
$224.84
+10.3%
-14.3%$31.27B$2.17B-808.927,348Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
BIDU
Baidu
4.51 of 5 stars
$88.89
-2.1%
$113.75
+28.0%
-22.9%$31.17B$134.84B11.1239,800
IOT
Samsara
2.8889 of 5 stars
$46.30
+0.5%
$51.29
+10.8%
+33.8%$25.76B$1.18B-98.042,895Insider Trade
ZM
Zoom Video Communications
4.0485 of 5 stars
$83.55
-0.3%
$85.19
+2.0%
+22.5%$25.61B$4.53B27.937,420Analyst Forecast
PTC
PTC
4.8992 of 5 stars
$201.64
+1.5%
$205.67
+2.0%
+10.9%$24.22B$2.30B63.887,501Analyst Forecast

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