Exela Technologies (NASDAQ:XELA – Get Rating) and WNS (NYSE:WNS – Get Rating) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Exela Technologies and WNS's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Get Exela Technologies alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Exela Technologies | $1.17 billion | 0.00 | -$142.39 million | ($16.00) | 0.00 |
| WNS | $1.11 billion | 3.87 | $132.10 million | $2.76 | 32.31 |
WNS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Exela Technologies. Exela Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WNS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Exela Technologies has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WNS has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Exela Technologies and WNS, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Exela Technologies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| WNS | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.83 |
Exela Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 102,992.78%. WNS has a consensus target price of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.15%. Given Exela Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Exela Technologies is more favorable than WNS.
Profitability
This table compares Exela Technologies and WNS's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Exela Technologies | -26.44% | N/A | -26.11% |
| WNS | 11.58% | 21.54% | 12.69% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
17.4% of Exela Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of WNS shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Exela Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of WNS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
WNS beats Exela Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Exela Technologies
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Exela Technologies, Inc. (Exela), formerly Quinpario Acquisition Corp. 2, is engaged in providing information and transaction processing solutions. The Company's segments include Information and Transaction Processing Solutions (ITPS), Healthcare Solutions (HS) and Legal & Loss Prevention Services (LLPS). ITPS provides industry solutions for banking and financial services, including lending solutions for mortgages, banking solutions for clearing, anti-money laundering, sanctions, cross-border settlement; property and casualty insurance solutions for enrollments, and communications. The HS segment offerings include integrated accounts payable and accounts receivable, and information management for both the healthcare payer and provider markets. The LLPS segment solutions include processing of legal claims for class action and mass action settlement administrations, involving project management support, notification and collection, analysis, and distribution of settlement funds.
About WNS
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WNS (Holdings) Ltd. engages in the provision of business process management solutions. Its services include industry-specific offerings, customer interaction, finance and accounting, human resources, procurement, and research and analytics. It operates through the WNS Global BPM and WNS Auto Claims BPM segments. The WNS Global BPM is delivered out of its delivery centers in China Costa Rica, India, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. The WNS Auto Claims BPM segment offers fault and non-fault repairs and legal services in relation to personal injury claims. The company was founded by Alan Stephen Dunning, David Charles Tibble and Neeraj Bhargava on February 18, 2002 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
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