LDOS vs. IT, CTSH, BAH, EPAM, CACI, DOX, TDC, HCKT, FORR, and UIS
Should you be buying Leidos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leidos include Gartner (IT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), EPAM Systems (EPAM), CACI International (CACI), 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.
Gartner (NYSE:IT) and Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Gartner has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leidos has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Leidos received 186 more outperform votes than Gartner when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.98% of users gave Leidos an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave Gartner an outperform vote.
91.5% of Gartner shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Leidos shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Gartner shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Leidos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gartner has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Leidos. Gartner is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leidos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gartner has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Gartner's net margin of 2.04%. Leidos' return on equity of 141.55% beat Gartner's return on equity.
Gartner presently has a consensus price target of $474.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.91%. Leidos has a consensus price target of $145.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.73%. Given Leidos' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gartner is more favorable than Leidos.
In the previous week, Gartner had 1 more articles in the media than Leidos. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Gartner and 12 mentions for Leidos. Gartner's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Leidos' score of 1.02 indicating that Leidos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Gartner beats Leidos on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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