WNS vs. Z, ZG, CART, WEX, ETSY, HQY, LYFT, FOUR, TNET, and MMS
Should you be buying WNS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WNS include Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), Maplebear (CART), WEX (WEX), Etsy (ETSY), HealthEquity (HQY), Lyft (LYFT), Shift4 Payments (FOUR), TriNet Group (TNET), and Maximus (MMS). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) and WNS (NYSE:WNS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
WNS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zillow Group. Zillow Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WNS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Zillow Group had 3 more articles in the media than WNS. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Zillow Group and 6 mentions for WNS. WNS's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Zillow Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Zillow Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zillow Group currently has a consensus price target of $56.20, indicating a potential upside of 37.24%. WNS has a consensus price target of $71.11, indicating a potential upside of 41.63%. Given Zillow Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WNS is more favorable than Zillow Group.
WNS received 174 more outperform votes than Zillow Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.49% of users gave WNS an outperform vote while only 61.94% of users gave Zillow Group an outperform vote.
71.0% of Zillow Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of WNS shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.8% of Zillow Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WNS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WNS has a net margin of 10.59% compared to WNS's net margin of -7.93%. Zillow Group's return on equity of 22.23% beat WNS's return on equity.
Summary
WNS beats Zillow Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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