Recruit (OTCMKTS:RCRUY – Get Free Report) and Science Applications International (NASDAQ:SAIC – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings for Recruit and Science Applications International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Recruit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Science Applications International | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2.09 |
Science Applications International has a consensus price target of $124.44, suggesting a potential downside of 1.82%. Given Science Applications International’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Science Applications International is more favorable than Recruit.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Dividends
Recruit pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Science Applications International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Recruit pays out 3.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Science Applications International pays out 17.3% 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.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Recruit and Science Applications International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Recruit | $24.56 billion | 6.26 | $3.28 billion | $0.52 | 40.13 |
| Science Applications International | $7.26 billion | 0.73 | $358.00 million | $8.55 | 14.82 |
Recruit has higher revenue and earnings than Science Applications International. Science Applications International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Recruit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Recruit and Science Applications International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Recruit | 14.94% | 36.40% | 21.05% |
| Science Applications International | 5.13% | 34.68% | 9.45% |
Risk and Volatility
Recruit has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Science Applications International has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Recruit beats Science Applications International on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Recruit
Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. provides HR technology and business solutions that transforms the world of work. It operates through three segments: HR Technology, Matching & Solutions, and Staffing. The HR Technology segment provides various technological solutions that help job seekers and employers in navigating hiring and recruitment. The Matching & Solutions segment offers HR solutions that support business clients’ recruiting and hiring activities and individual users’ job search activities through its job advertising services and placement services. This segment also provides marketing solutions that provide matching platforms for businesses in various industries, including housing and real estate, beauty, bridal, travel, dining, and others, as well as SaaS solutions, which are business and management support tools for small and medium-sized companies. The Staffing segment provides temporary staffing services in Japan, Europe, the United States, and Australia. Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. operates in more than 60 countries. The company was formerly known as Recruit Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. in October 2012. Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
About Science Applications International
Science Applications International Corporation provides technical, engineering, and enterprise information technology (IT) services primarily in the United States. The company’s offerings include engineering; technology integration; IT modernization; maintenance of ground and maritime systems; logistics; training and simulation; operation and program support services; and end-to-end services, such as design, development, integration, deployment, management and operations, sustainment, and security of its customers’ IT infrastructure, as well as cloud migration, managed services, infrastructure modernization, and enterprise IT-as-a-service solutions. It serves the U.S. military comprising Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard; Department of Defense agencies; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the U.S. Department of State; Department of Justice; Department of Homeland Security; and various intelligence community agencies, as well as U.S. federal civilian agencies. The company was formerly known as SAIC Gemini, Inc. and changed its name to Science Applications International Corporation in September 2013. Science Applications International Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
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