Wipro (WIT) Competitors

Wipro (NYSE:WIT) and Infosys (NYSE:INFY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Is WIT or INFY a better dividend stock?

Wipro pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Infosys pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Wipro pays out 3.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Infosys pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WIT or INFY?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wipro	$10.77B	3.34	$1.33B	$0.27	25.48
Infosys	$18.56B	4.91	$3.17B	$0.78	28.20

Do analysts rate WIT or INFY?

Wipro currently has a consensus price target of $5.60, suggesting a potential downside of 18.60%. Infosys has a consensus price target of $20.85, suggesting a potential downside of 5.21%. Given Infosys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Infosys is more favorable than Wipro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wipro	3 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Infosys	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WIT or INFY?

2.4% of Wipro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Infosys shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wipro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Infosys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, WIT or INFY?

Wipro has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infosys has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WIT or INFY?

In the previous week, Infosys had 13 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Infosys and 2 mentions for Wipro. Wipro's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Infosys' score of 0.60 indicating that Wipro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wipro	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Infosys	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WIT or INFY?

Infosys received 160 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.62% of users gave Infosys an outperform vote while only 50.91% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wipro	Outperform Votes 335 50.91%	Underperform Votes 323 49.09%
Infosys	Outperform Votes 495 55.62%	Underperform Votes 395 44.38%

Is WIT or INFY more profitable?

Infosys has a net margin of 17.15% compared to Wipro's net margin of 13.23%. Infosys' return on equity of 31.43% beat Wipro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wipro	13.23%	14.98%	9.78%
Infosys	17.15%	31.43%	19.49%

Summary

Infosys beats Wipro on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.