UIS vs. HCKT, FORR, ACN, IBM, IT, CTSH, BAH, LDOS, EPAM, and CACI
Should you be buying Unisys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unisys include The Hackett Group (HCKT), Forrester Research (FORR), Accenture (ACN), International Business Machines (IBM), Gartner (IT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Leidos (LDOS), EPAM Systems (EPAM), and CACI International (CACI). These companies are all part of the "it consulting & other services" industry.
The Hackett Group (NASDAQ:HCKT) and Unisys (NYSE:UIS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
The Hackett Group has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unisys has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hackett Group has a net margin of 11.48% compared to The Hackett Group's net margin of -20.37%. Unisys' return on equity of 40.62% beat The Hackett Group's return on equity.
The Hackett Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Unisys. Unisys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hackett Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unisys received 9 more outperform votes than The Hackett Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.18% of users gave The Hackett Group an outperform vote while only 61.56% of users gave Unisys an outperform vote.
The Hackett Group currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.02%. Given Unisys' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe The Hackett Group is more favorable than Unisys.
78.1% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Unisys shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of The Hackett Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Unisys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, The Hackett Group had 6 more articles in the media than Unisys. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for The Hackett Group and 2 mentions for Unisys. Unisys' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat The Hackett Group's score of -0.31 indicating that The Hackett Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
The Hackett Group beats Unisys on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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