IONQ vs. SAIC, KD, AUR, AGYS, VRNT, NTCT, TDCX, SLP, MDRX, and DMRC
Should you be buying IonQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IonQ include Science Applications International (SAIC), Kyndryl (KD), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Agilysys (AGYS), Verint Systems (VRNT), NetScout Systems (NTCT), TDCX (TDCX), Simulations Plus (SLP), Veradigm (MDRX), and Digimarc (DMRC). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC) and IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
Science Applications International has a net margin of 6.41% compared to Science Applications International's net margin of -671.00%. IonQ's return on equity of 23.73% beat Science Applications International's return on equity.
Science Applications International has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IonQ has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Science Applications International had 6 more articles in the media than IonQ. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Science Applications International and 7 mentions for IonQ. Science Applications International's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat IonQ's score of 0.52 indicating that IonQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Science Applications International has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Applications International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Science Applications International received 410 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.04% of users gave Science Applications International an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.
Science Applications International presently has a consensus price target of $127.60, indicating a potential downside of 5.24%. IonQ has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 102.45%. Given Science Applications International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IonQ is more favorable than Science Applications International.
76.0% of Science Applications International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Science Applications International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of IonQ shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Science Applications International beats IonQ on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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