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.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and CACI International (NYSE:CACI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CACI International has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cognizant Technology Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.39%. CACI International has a consensus price target of $415.45, suggesting a potential downside of 2.13%. Given CACI International's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cognizant Technology Solutions is more favorable than CACI International.
92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of CACI International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of CACI International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 3 more articles in the media than CACI International. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 6 mentions for CACI International. CACI International's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' score of 0.81 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 5.37%. CACI International's return on equity of 17.48% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.
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.
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.
Summary
Cognizant Technology Solutions beats CACI International on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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