SPGI vs. MCO, EFX, TRU, DNB, V, MA, ACN, ARM, ADP, and FI
Should you be buying S&P Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&P Global include Moody's (MCO), Equifax (EFX), TransUnion (TRU), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Accenture (ACN), ARM (ARM), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), and Fiserv (FI).
Moody's (NYSE:MCO) and S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, S&P Global had 9 more articles in the media than Moody's. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for S&P Global and 12 mentions for Moody's. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Moody's' score of 0.79 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Moody's presently has a consensus target price of $400.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.88%. S&P Global has a consensus target price of $467.89, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe S&P Global is more favorable than Moody's.
Moody's has a net margin of 27.01% compared to Moody's' net margin of 22.01%. S&P Global's return on equity of 54.50% beat Moody's' return on equity.
92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of S&P Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Moody's received 61 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.43% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote.
S&P Global has higher revenue and earnings than Moody's. Moody's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&P Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Moody's has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&P Global has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Moody's pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&P Global pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Moody's has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and S&P Global has increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Moody's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Moody's beats S&P Global on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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