Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) vs. Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) Head to Head Review

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

91.8% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Concentrix shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Booz Allen Hamilton shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Concentrix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Booz Allen Hamilton has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Concentrix has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Booz Allen Hamilton and Concentrix’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Booz Allen Hamilton	7.14%	75.00%	11.41%
Concentrix	-23.99%	25.00%	6.07%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Booz Allen Hamilton and Concentrix”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Booz Allen Hamilton	$11.22 billion	0.90	$851.00 million	$6.44	13.20
Concentrix	$9.97 billion	0.19	-$1.28 billion	($38.90)	-0.78

Booz Allen Hamilton has higher revenue and earnings than Concentrix. Concentrix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booz Allen Hamilton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Booz Allen Hamilton pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Concentrix pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Booz Allen Hamilton pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Concentrix pays out -3.8% 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. Booz Allen Hamilton has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Concentrix has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Concentrix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Booz Allen Hamilton and Concentrix, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Booz Allen Hamilton	3	7	5	0	2.13
Concentrix	1	2	3	0	2.33

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has a consensus target price of $89.29, suggesting a potential upside of 5.05%. Concentrix has a consensus target price of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.49%. Given Concentrix’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Concentrix is more favorable than Booz Allen Hamilton.

Summary

Booz Allen Hamilton beats Concentrix on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing. The company offers artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer network related operations. In addition, it provides data science, engineering, visualization, and analysis related capabilities. Further, the company engages in user experience, user interface, graphic and web design, design thinking, sketching, and digital product design capabilities. Additionally, it architects and engineers help accelerate, scale, secure, and transform mission and business outcomes using the technologies and partner offering; offers software engineering in agile practices, DevSecOps, automation and Cloud, and Low/No Code Platform engineering; systems and digital engineering; and tech strategy and product management. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

About Concentrix

Concentrix Corporation engages in the provision of technology-infused customer experience (CX) solutions worldwide. The company provides CX process optimization, technology innovation, front- and back-office automation, analytics, and business transformation services, across various channels of communication, such as voice, chat, email, social media, asynchronous messaging, and custom applications. It also offers customer lifecycle management; customer experience/user experience strategy and design; analytics and actionable insights; digital transformation services that design and engineer CX solutions to enable efficient customer self-service and build customer loyalty; customer engagement solutions and services that address the entirety of the customer lifecycle; AI technology that can intelligently act on customer intent to improve customer experience with non-human engagement; voice of the customer and analytics solutions to gather and analyze customer feedback to foster loyalty to, and growth with, clients; analytics and consulting solutions that synthesize data and provide professional insight to improve clients’ customer experience strategies; vertical business process outsourcing (BPO) services; and back office BPO services that support clients in non-customer facing areas. The company’s clients include technology and consumer electronics, retail, travel and e-commerce, communications and media, banking, financial services and insurance, healthcare, and others, as well as global IPOs, social brands, and banks. Concentrix Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in Newark, California.