Business services providers use their specialized expertise to help enterprises streamline operations and cut costs. Still, investors are uneasy as firms face challenges from AI-driven disruptors and tightening corporate budgets.
These doubts have certainly contributed to services stocks’ recent underperformance - over the past six months, the industry’s 6.1% gain has fallen behind the S&P 500’s 16.3% rise.
CSG trades at $78.47 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 20.7% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 16.3%.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how data & business process services stocks fared in Q3, starting with CSG (NASDAQ:CSGS).
Customer experience software company CSG Systems (NASDAQ:CSGS) met Wall Streets revenue expectations in Q3 CY2025, with sales up 2.9% year on year to $303.6 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.31 per share was 17.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Customer experience software company CSG Systems (NASDAQ:CSGS) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what to look for.
The stocks featured in this article have all approached their 52-week highs.
When these price levels hit, it typically signals strong business execution, positive market sentiment, or significant industry tailwinds.
Even if a company is profitable, it doesn’t always mean it’s a great investment.
Some struggle to maintain growth, face looming threats, or fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their future potential.
Value stocks typically trade at discounts to the broader market, offering patient investors the opportunity to buy businesses when they’re out of favor.
The key risk, however, is that these stocks are usually cheap for a reason – five cents for a piece of fruit may seem like a great deal until you find out it’s rotten.
Business services providers thrive by solving complex operational challenges for their clients, allowing them to focus on their secret sauce. Furthermore, the demand for their offerings is rising as more clients outsource non-core functions,
a trend that has enabled the industry to return 16.9% over the past six months, almost identical to the S&P 500.
Shares of customer experience software company CSG Systems (NASDAQ:CSGS) jumped 2.6% in the afternoon session after Benchmark reiterated its Buy rating on the stock, highlighting the company's strong positioning as an artificial intelligence (AI) beneficiary.
Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings.
However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
Looking back on data & business process services stocks’ Q2 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including Verisk (NASDAQ:VRSK) and its peers.
Looking back on data & business process services stocks’ Q2 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including CSG (NASDAQ:CSGS) and its peers.
Let’s dig into the relative performance of Equifax (NYSE:EFX) and its peers as we unravel the now-completed Q2 data & business process services earnings season.
Even if a company is profitable, it doesn’t always mean it’s a great investment.
Some struggle to maintain growth, face looming threats, or fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their future potential.
The stocks in this article have caught Wall Street’s attention in a big way, with price targets implying returns above 20%.
But investors should take these forecasts with a grain of salt because analysts typically say nice things about companies so their firms can win business in other product lines like M&A advisory.
As the Q2 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the data & business process services industry, including CoStar (NASDAQ:CSGP) and its peers.
Customer experience software company CSG Systems (NASDAQ:CSGS) reported Q2 CY2025 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 2.3% year on year to $297.1 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $1.23 billion at the midpoint came in 9.9% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.16 per share was 10.7% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
The stocks featured in this article have all approached their 52-week highs.
When these price levels hit, it typically signals strong business execution, positive market sentiment, or significant industry tailwinds.
Customer experience software company CSG Systems (NASDAQ:CSGS) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q2 CY2025, with sales up 2.3% year on year to $297.1 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $1.23 billion at the midpoint came in 9.9% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.16 per share was 10.7% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
CSG Systems International Inc (CSGS) reported strong Q2 2025 earnings, with revenue ($297.1M) and EPS ($1.16) beating estimates. Shares rose 2.4% post-earnings amid improved margins and cash flow.
