DXC Technology (DXC) Competitors

Toast (NYSE:TOST) and DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TOST or DXC?

82.9% of Toast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of DXC Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Toast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of DXC Technology shares are owned by 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, TOST or DXC?

Toast has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXC Technology has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TOST or DXC?

In the previous week, DXC Technology had 3 more articles in the media than Toast. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DXC Technology and 5 mentions for Toast. DXC Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Toast's score of 0.77 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toast	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DXC Technology	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate TOST or DXC?

Toast currently has a consensus price target of $26.14, suggesting a potential upside of 18.72%. DXC Technology has a consensus price target of $19.77, suggesting a potential upside of 19.47%. Given Toast's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DXC Technology is more favorable than Toast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toast	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41
DXC Technology	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.73

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TOST or DXC?

DXC Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Toast. Toast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXC Technology, 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
Toast	$4.12B	2.42	-$246M	-$0.50	-44.04
DXC Technology	$13.67B	0.22	$91M	$0.37	44.73

Is TOST or DXC more profitable?

DXC Technology has a net margin of 0.67% compared to DXC Technology's net margin of -6.02%. Toast's return on equity of 18.43% beat DXC Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toast	-6.02%	-21.45%	-12.99%
DXC Technology	0.67%	18.43%	4.23%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOST or DXC?

DXC Technology received 358 more outperform votes than Toast when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.80% of users gave DXC Technology an outperform vote while only 37.59% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toast	Outperform Votes 53 37.59%	Underperform Votes 88 62.41%
DXC Technology	Outperform Votes 411 61.80%	Underperform Votes 254 38.20%

Summary

DXC Technology beats Toast on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.