UL Solutions (ULS) Competitors $55.56 +1.41 (+2.61%) As of 11:54 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ULS vs. IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, Z, KSPI, TOST, AER, TRU, and ZGShould you be buying UL Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UL Solutions include IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Zillow Group (Z), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), TransUnion (TRU), and Zillow Group (ZG). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. UL Solutions vs. IQVIA Reddit CGI Corpay Zillow Group Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz Toast AerCap TransUnion Zillow Group IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Do analysts recommend IQV or ULS? IQVIA presently has a consensus price target of $254.53, suggesting a potential upside of 27.26%. UL Solutions has a consensus price target of $49.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.43%. Given IQVIA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe IQVIA is more favorable than UL Solutions.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score IQVIA 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 16 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.86UL Solutions 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IQV or ULS? IQVIA received 658 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.22% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformIQVIAOutperform Votes67468.22% Underperform Votes31431.78% UL SolutionsOutperform Votes1664.00% Underperform Votes936.00% Does the media favor IQV or ULS? In the previous week, IQVIA had 29 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for IQVIA and 3 mentions for UL Solutions. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat IQVIA's score of 0.62 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment IQVIA 14 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive UL Solutions 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is IQV or ULS more profitable? UL Solutions has a net margin of 10.76% compared to IQVIA's net margin of 9.17%. UL Solutions' return on equity of 40.88% beat IQVIA's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets IQVIA9.17% 28.17% 6.89% UL Solutions 10.76%40.88%11.13% Which has higher earnings and valuation, IQV or ULS? IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than UL Solutions. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioIQVIA$14.98B2.42$1.36B$7.6226.25UL Solutions$2.68B4.04$260MN/AN/A Do institutionals and insiders believe in IQV or ULS? 89.6% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryIQVIA beats UL Solutions on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get UL Solutions News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ULS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ULS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricUL SolutionsTesting laboratories IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$10.79B$4.56B$7.97B$20.08BDividend Yield0.93%1.47%2.22%3.68%P/E RatioN/AN/A28.1442.62Price / Sales4.042.7395.3716.70Price / CashN/A32.7129.7818.00Price / BookN/A2.836.075.91Net Income$260M$107.05M$141.04M$1.00B7 Day Performance0.54%-1.37%0.42%0.25%1 Month Performance9.71%-7.00%-3.50%1.73%1 Year PerformanceN/A-29.45%24.74%19.19% UL Solutions Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ULSUL Solutions1.9177 of 5 stars$55.56+2.6%$49.00-11.8%N/A$11.12B$2.68B0.0015,233IQVIQVIA4.7661 of 5 stars$199.34-1.0%$254.53+27.7%-5.1%$36.18B$14.98B26.1687,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst DowngradeNews CoverageRDDTReddit1.6492 of 5 stars$202.66+1.6%$159.70-21.2%N/A$35.58B$804.03M0.002,013Upcoming EarningsInsider TradeGap DownGIBCGI4.0414 of 5 stars$118.13+0.3%$153.25+29.7%+1.9%$26.78B$10.79B21.3690,250Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionCPAYCorpay3.4676 of 5 stars$379.69-0.2%$381.43+0.5%N/A$26.47B$3.88B27.0810,500ZZillow Group1.7686 of 5 stars$82.26+0.0%$72.83-11.5%+46.5%$19.21B$1.95B-144.325,720Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeNews CoverageKSPIJoint Stock Company Kaspi.kz3.4573 of 5 stars$95.67+0.6%$147.20+53.9%+5.9%$19.09B$2.36T0.008,772Short Interest ↑TOSTToast3.0685 of 5 stars$39.99-2.3%$35.74-10.6%+110.5%$18.83B$3.87B-307.605,500Gap DownAERAerCap3.2556 of 5 stars$95.13-0.5%$112.00+17.7%+21.0%$18.83B$7.58B7.54740Short Interest ↑Gap DownTRUTransUnion4.8524 of 5 stars$96.31-3.0%$107.63+11.7%+41.6%$18.77B$3.83B83.7513,200Analyst ForecastGap DownZGZillow Group3.9152 of 5 stars$79.37+0.2%$76.16-4.0%+46.1%$18.54B$1.95B-139.256,263Upcoming EarningsAnalyst Upgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies IQVIA Alternatives Reddit Alternatives CGI Alternatives Corpay Alternatives Zillow Group Alternatives Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz Alternatives Toast Alternatives AerCap Alternatives TransUnion Alternatives Zillow Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:ULS) was last updated on 2/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNVDA Crash UpdateAn overseas AI rival sent shockwaves through the U.S. tech market last week... 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