CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX) and IHS (NYSE:IHS) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitabiliy, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for CoreLogic and IHS, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CoreLogic | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.38 |
| IHS | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
CoreLogic presently has a consensus target price of $43.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.47%. IHS has a consensus target price of $44.67, suggesting a potential downside of 61.90%. Given CoreLogic’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CoreLogic is more favorable than IHS.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
90.0% of CoreLogic shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of CoreLogic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
CoreLogic has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IHS has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares CoreLogic and IHS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CoreLogic | 4.87% | 16.42% | 4.36% |
| IHS | 7.63% | 8.19% | 2.73% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares CoreLogic and IHS’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | EBITDA | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CoreLogic | $1.94 billion | 1.90 | $401.13 million | $1.06 | 41.11 |
| IHS | N/A | N/A | N/A | $3.58 | 32.75 |
CoreLogic has higher revenue and earnings than IHS. IHS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreLogic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CoreLogic beats IHS on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
CoreLogic Company Profile
CoreLogic, Inc. is a provider of property information, analytics and data-enabled services. The Company provides detailed coverage of property, mortgages and other encumbrances, property risk and replacement cost, consumer credit, tenancy, location, hazard risk and related performance information. Its segments include Property Intelligence (PI), Risk Management and Work Flow (RMW), and Corporate. The Property Intelligence segment owns or licenses real property, mortgage and consumer information, which includes loan information, property sales and characteristic information, property risk and replacement cost, natural hazard data, geospatial data, parcel maps and mortgage-backed securities information. The RMW segment owns or licenses real property information, mortgage information and consumer information, which includes loan information, property sales and characteristic information, natural hazard data, parcel maps, employment verification, criminal records and eviction records.
IHS Company Profile
IHS Inc. develops source of information, insight and analytics in different areas of business. The Company’s segments include Resources, Transportation and Consolidated Markets & Solutions. The Company’s Resources segment includes its Energy and Chemicals product offerings. Its Transportation segment includes its Automotive; Maritime & Trade, and Aerospace, Defense & Security product offerings. Its Consolidated Markets & Solutions segment includes its Product Design; Technology, Media & Telecom, and Economics & Country Risk product offerings. It provides authoritative analysis and forecasts of sales and production for light vehicles, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, powertrain, components and technology systems across various markets. Its product design offerings include content and analysis on various engineering and technical standards, codes, reference books, journals, and other scientific and technical documents, as well as software-based engineering decision engines.
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