CI&T (NYSE:CINT) and Fujitsu (OTCMKTS:FJTSY) Critical Contrast

CI&T (NYSE:CINT) and Fujitsu (OTCMKTS:FJTSY) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for CI&T and Fujitsu, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CI&T	2	2	7	0	2.45
Fujitsu	0	2	0	1	2.67

CI&T currently has a consensus price target of $6.08, indicating a potential upside of 102.59%. Given CI&T’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CI&T is more favorable than Fujitsu.

Risk and Volatility

CI&T has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fujitsu has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CI&T and Fujitsu”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CI&T	$489.65 million	0.82	$40.62 million	$0.29	10.34
Fujitsu	$23.27 billion	1.73	$2.97 billion	$0.54	42.39

Fujitsu has higher revenue and earnings than CI&T. CI&T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fujitsu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares CI&T and Fujitsu’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CI&T	6.79%	11.69%	6.51%
Fujitsu	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.4% of CI&T shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Fujitsu shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

About CI&T

CI&T, Inc. provides strategy, design and software engineering services to enable digital transformation. The firm’s solutions and services include Digital Strategy, Customer-Centric Design and Top-of-the-Line Software Engineering. The company was founded by Cesar Nivaldo Gon, Bruno Guiçardi Neto and Fernando Matt Borges Martins on June 7, 2021 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu Limited operates as an information and communication technology company in Japan and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Technology Solutions, Ubiquitous Solutions, and Device Solutions. The company offers multi cloud and hybrid IT services; assessment and consultative services; SAP landscape transformation services; new workplace; datacentre products comprising integrated systems, storage solutions, servers, network switches, and infrastructure management; workplace products including notebooks, tablet PC’s, desktop PC’s, workstations, thin clients, displays, and peripheral devices; consumption based IT services; installation and implementation services; and hardware, software, and infrastructure support services, as well as electronic devices, air conditioning products, and network solutions. It also provides cyber security solutions, including cyber security consulting, managed security servies, and security operation and advanced threat centers; internet of things, artificial intelligence platform and solutions; and software products comprising FUJITSU Software Infrastructure Manager and FUJITSU Software ServerView Suite. Further, the company offers electronic components, such as semiconductor packages and batteries. It serves automotive, manufacturing, retail, financial services, transport, telecommunications, healthcare, and energy and utilities industries; the public sectors; and services providers. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.