DSGX vs. NATI, APPF, MSP, CYBR, QTWO, HUBS, VEEV, MSTR, ANSS, and TTWO
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include National Instruments (NATI), AppFolio (APPF), Datto (MSP), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Q2 (QTWO), HubSpot (HUBS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO).
The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) and National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.62% compared to National Instruments' net margin of 10.37%. National Instruments' return on equity of 22.27% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of National Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of National Instruments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Instruments has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Descartes Systems Group presently has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.62%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe The Descartes Systems Group is more favorable than National Instruments.
National Instruments has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. National Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 10 more articles in the media than National Instruments. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 0 mentions for National Instruments. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat National Instruments' score of -0.05 indicating that The Descartes Systems Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Descartes Systems Group received 157 more outperform votes than National Instruments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.14% of users gave National Instruments an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats National Instruments on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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