CACI vs. CTSH, IT, BAH, LDOS, EPAM, DOX, TDC, HCKT, FORR, and UIS
Should you be buying CACI International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CACI International include Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Gartner (IT), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Leidos (LDOS), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), Teradata (TDC), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Forrester Research (FORR), and Unisys (UIS). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
CACI International (NYSE:CACI) and Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
CACI International currently has a consensus target price of $415.45, suggesting a potential downside of 2.13%. Cognizant Technology Solutions has a consensus target price of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.39%. Given Cognizant Technology Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cognizant Technology Solutions is more favorable than CACI International.
86.4% of CACI International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of CACI International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 10.84% compared to CACI International's net margin of 5.37%. Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity of 17.48% beat CACI International's return on equity.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 665 more outperform votes than CACI International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.63% of users gave CACI International an outperform vote.
CACI International has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 4 more articles in the media than CACI International. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 6 mentions for CACI International. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat CACI International's score of 0.81 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than CACI International. Cognizant Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CACI International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cognizant Technology Solutions beats CACI International on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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