Comparing IBEX (NASDAQ:IBEX) & CACI International (NYSE:CACI)

IBEX (NASDAQ:IBEX) and CACI International (NYSE:CACI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

81.2% of IBEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of CACI International shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of IBEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of CACI International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for IBEX and CACI International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IBEX	0	2	1	0	2.33
CACI International	1	2	9	0	2.67

IBEX presently has a consensus target price of $42.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.47%. CACI International has a consensus target price of $710.36, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. Given CACI International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CACI International is more favorable than IBEX.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares IBEX and CACI International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IBEX	$644.08 million	0.97	$46.33 million	$3.13	14.99
CACI International	$9.57 billion	1.43	$535.81 million	$24.15	25.68

CACI International has higher revenue and earnings than IBEX. IBEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CACI International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

IBEX has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CACI International has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares IBEX and CACI International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IBEX	7.19%	28.96%	15.36%
CACI International	5.60%	15.65%	6.45%

Summary

CACI International beats IBEX on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IBEX

IBEX Limited provides end-to-end technology-enabled customer lifecycle experience solutions in the United States and internationally. The company products and services portfolio includes ibex Connect, that offers customer service, technical support, revenue generation, and other revenue generation outsourced back-office services through the CX model, which integrates voice, email, chat, SMS, social media, and other communication applications; ibex Digital, a customer acquisition solution that comprises digital marketing, e-commerce technology, and platform solutions; and ibex CX, a customer experience solution, which provides a suite of proprietary software tools to measure, monitor, and manage its clients' customer experience. It operates customer engagement and customer acquisition delivery centers. The company serves banking and financial services, delivery and logistics, health tech and wellness, high tech, retail and e-commerce, streaming and entertainment, travel and hospitality, and utility industries. The company was formerly known as IBEX Holdings Limited and changed its name to IBEX Limited in September 2019. IBEX Limited was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. The company is a subsidiary of The Resource Group International Limited.

About CACI International

CACI International Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of expertise and technology to enterprise and mission customers in support of national security in the intelligence, defense, and federal civilian sectors. The company operates through two segments, Domestic Operations and International Operations. The Domestic Operations segment offers digital solutions by modernizing enterprise and agency-unique applications, enterprise infrastructure, and business processes; C4ISR solutions, including command, control, communications, and computer (C4), as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technology and networks; and cyber solutions for cybersecurity, cyberspace, electronic warfare, and signals intelligence operations. This segment also provides space solutions, comprising intelligence fusion, data analytic, and decision support, as well as logistics solutions; engineering services, such as platform integration, modernization and sustainment, system engineering, naval architecture, training and simulation, and logistics engineering; design, implement, protect, and manage secure enterprise IT solutions for federal agencies; and mission support solutions, that include analytic services, as well as scenario-based instruction across the spectrum of intelligence processing, collection, and products. The International Operations segment provides a range of IT services, proprietary data, and software products to the commercial and government customers in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and internationally. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.