COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
EXLS vs IT
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. EXLS scored 81.8, IT scored 68.3 — EXLS leads.
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Different reporting periods. IT's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but EXLS's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
EXLS
ExlService Holdings, Inc.
81.8
$37.53 · $5.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
13.5
EXLS leads
IT
Gartner, Inc.
68.3
$195.90 · $12.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestIT17.6x
- Fastest growthEXLS+13.4%
- Highest qualityEXLS85 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueIT-52%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
EXLS
stronger →← stronger
IT
85
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
76
88
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
49
73
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
86
EXLS is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
EXLS
IT
$297mC
FCF
$1.3bC+
+13.4%B+
Rev
+0.7%C
0.57C+
D/E
—
23.8xB+
P/E
17.6xA-
1.10B+
PEG
0.86B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
EXLS
IT
13% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
52% below
~5%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
+1%
1-yr DCF upside
+81%
+15%
5-yr DCF upside
+107%
+41%
10-yr DCF upside
+152%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
EXLS
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Durable high returns
IT
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Durable high returns
The companies
EXLSExlService Holdings, Inc.
Why now
Information Technology Services · market cap $5.7b. 17% off the 52-week high of $45.08. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $44.38 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
ROE 32% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 118% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
ITGartner, Inc.
Why now
Information Technology Services · market cap $12.4b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $265.85 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.86 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $185.15 (implying -5% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 166% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
ROE -463% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
EXLS leads IT by 1.7 points (83.5 to 81.8), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade B+). A contrarian could still prefer IT, which trades about 58% below our DCF fair value — a margin of safety the score doesn't reward. Note they play different roles — EXLS screens as growth, IT screens as value — so the model rewards different traits for each.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where EXLS and IT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 13.5 points in favor of EXLS. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
- GrowthEXLS 88.2 · IT 49.0EXLS +39.2
- ValueEXLS 72.9 · IT 85.6IT +12.7
- QualityEXLS 85.0 · IT 76.0EXLS +9.0
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.