WIT vs. INFY, CTSH, ZS, VRSN, AZPN, EPAM, DOX, HCP, DOCS, and PRFT
Should you be buying Wipro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wipro include Infosys (INFY), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Zscaler (ZS), VeriSign (VRSN), Aspen Technology (AZPN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), HashiCorp (HCP), Doximity (DOCS), and Perficient (PRFT). These companies are all part of the "custom computer programming services" industry.
Wipro (NYSE:WIT) and Infosys (NYSE:INFY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
2.4% of Wipro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Infosys shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wipro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Infosys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Infosys received 161 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.84% of users gave Infosys an outperform vote while only 50.78% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Infosys had 14 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Infosys and 2 mentions for Wipro. Infosys' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Wipro's score of 0.00 indicating that Infosys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wipro pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Infosys pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Wipro pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Infosys pays out 47.4% 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.
Wipro has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Infosys has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wipro currently has a consensus price target of $5.30, suggesting a potential upside of 2.91%. Infosys has a consensus price target of $19.27, suggesting a potential upside of 15.05%. Given Infosys' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Infosys is more favorable than Wipro.
Infosys has a net margin of 17.06% compared to Wipro's net margin of 12.29%. Infosys' return on equity of 32.33% beat Wipro's return on equity.
Infosys has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Summary
Infosys beats Wipro on 18 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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