Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) & Wix.com (NASDAQ:WIX) Financial Survey

Wix.com (NASDAQ:WIX) and Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Wix.com and Leidos, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wix.com	0	2	17	3	3.05
Leidos	0	7	7	1	2.60

Wix.com presently has a consensus price target of $228.95, indicating a potential upside of 50.14%. Leidos has a consensus price target of $175.15, indicating a potential upside of 7.24%. Given Wix.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wix.com is more favorable than Leidos.

Volatility and Risk

Wix.com has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leidos has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Wix.com and Leidos”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wix.com	$1.81 billion	4.72	$138.32 million	$2.51	60.75
Leidos	$16.66 billion	1.26	$1.25 billion	$9.94	16.43

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

81.5% of Wix.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Leidos shares are held by institutional investors. 6.2% of Wix.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Leidos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Wix.com and Leidos’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wix.com	8.16%	-80.80%	8.85%
Leidos	7.87%	32.62%	11.14%

Summary

Wix.com beats Leidos on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wix.com

Wix.com Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a cloud-based web development platform for registered users and creators worldwide. The company offers Wix Editor, a drag-and-drop visual development and website editing environment platform; and Wix ADI that enables users to have the freedom of customization that the classic editor offers. It also provides Wix Logo Maker that generates a logo, including through the use of artificial intelligence; Wix Answers to support users; and Payments by Wix, a payment platform, which helps its users receive payments from their customers through their Wix Website. In addition, the company offers various vertical-specific applications that business owners use to operate various aspects of their business online. Further, it provides a range of complementary services, including Wix App Market, a marketplace that offers its registered users various free and paid web applications for building, growing, and managing their businesses; Wix marketplace that brings users seeking help in creating and managing a website together with Web experts; and Wix owner App, a native mobile application, which enables users to manage their Websites and Wix operating systems. The company was formerly known as Wixpress Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

About Leidos

Leidos Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides services and solutions in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Defense Solutions, Civil, and Health segments. The Defense Solutions segment offers national security solutions and systems for air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace for the U.S. Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, the space development agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, defense information systems agency, military services, and government agencies of U.S. allies abroad, as well as other federal and commercial customers in the national security industry. The solutions include technology, large-scale systems, command and control platforms, data analytics, logistics, and cybersecurity solutions, as well as intelligence analysis and operations support services to critical missions. The Civil segment provides systems integration services to air navigation service providers, including the federal aviation administration, the En route automation modernization, advanced technology oceanic procedure, time based flow management, terminal flight data management, geo-7, and future flight services, as well as enterprise-information display systems; and security detection services. It also offers information technology (IT) solutions in cloud computing, mobility, application modernization, DevOps, data center, network modernization, asset management, help desk operations, and digital workplace enablement; and environment, energy, and infrastructure services. The Health segment offers solutions to federal and commercial customers responsible for health and well-being of people, include health information management, managed health, digital modernization, and life sciences research and development services. Leidos Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.