FICO vs. CSGP, MSCI, DASH, AKAM, ZG, PYPL, RELX, CTSH, VEEV, and GRMN
Should you be buying Fair Isaac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fair Isaac include CoStar Group (CSGP), MSCI (MSCI), DoorDash (DASH), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Zillow Group (ZG), PayPal (PYPL), Relx (RELX), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Veeva Systems (VEEV), and Garmin (GRMN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) and Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
96.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fair Isaac had 17 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Fair Isaac and 6 mentions for CoStar Group. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat CoStar Group's score of 1.05 indicating that CoStar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CoStar Group received 295 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.45% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.
Fair Isaac has a net margin of 29.99% compared to Fair Isaac's net margin of 11.64%. Fair Isaac's return on equity of 4.95% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.
CoStar Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fair Isaac has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CoStar Group. Fair Isaac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CoStar Group currently has a consensus target price of $102.46, suggesting a potential upside of 17.10%. Fair Isaac has a consensus target price of $1,224.40, suggesting a potential downside of 13.25%. Given Fair Isaac's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Fair Isaac.
Summary
CoStar Group beats Fair Isaac on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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