VRT vs. CSGP, MPWR, CTSH, FICO, STM, SE, VEEV, GRMN, BIDU, and MSCI
Should you be buying Vertiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertiv include CoStar Group (CSGP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Fair Isaac (FICO), STMicroelectronics (STM), SEA (SE), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Garmin (GRMN), Baidu (BIDU), and MSCI (MSCI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) and CoStar Group (NASDAQ:CSGP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
CoStar Group received 568 more outperform votes than Vertiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.45% of users gave CoStar Group an outperform vote while only 55.08% of users gave Vertiv an outperform vote.
Vertiv has higher revenue and earnings than CoStar Group. Vertiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoStar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.9% of Vertiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Vertiv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of CoStar Group shares are held by 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.
Vertiv has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoStar Group has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vertiv currently has a consensus price target of $91.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.00%. CoStar Group has a consensus price target of $102.46, indicating a potential upside of 17.10%. Given CoStar Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CoStar Group is more favorable than Vertiv.
CoStar Group has a net margin of 11.64% compared to Vertiv's net margin of 5.79%. Vertiv's return on equity of 44.95% beat CoStar Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Vertiv had 25 more articles in the media than CoStar Group. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Vertiv and 6 mentions for CoStar Group. CoStar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Vertiv's score of 0.75 indicating that CoStar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vertiv and CoStar Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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