PRFT vs. FORTY, CTG, GAN, GLOB, SPSC, ENV, ZD, YELP, CMPR, and OPEN
Should you be buying Perficient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perficient include Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Computer Task Group (CTG), GAN (GAN), Globant (GLOB), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Envestnet (ENV), Ziff Davis (ZD), Yelp (YELP), Cimpress (CMPR), and Opendoor Technologies (OPEN).
Perficient (NASDAQ:PRFT) and Formula Systems (1985) (NASDAQ:FORTY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Perficient had 2 more articles in the media than Formula Systems (1985). MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Perficient and 5 mentions for Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985)'s average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Perficient's score of 0.63 indicating that Formula Systems (1985) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Perficient has a net margin of 9.40% compared to Formula Systems (1985)'s net margin of 2.47%. Perficient's return on equity of 19.50% beat Formula Systems (1985)'s return on equity.
Perficient received 333 more outperform votes than Formula Systems (1985) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.25% of users gave Perficient an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave Formula Systems (1985) an outperform vote.
Perficient has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Formula Systems (1985) has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.0% of Perficient shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Perficient shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Perficient has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perficient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perficient presently has a consensus target price of $70.43, indicating a potential downside of 5.02%. Given Perficient's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Perficient is more favorable than Formula Systems (1985).
Summary
Perficient beats Formula Systems (1985) on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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