AMSWA vs. BNFT, MGIC, CYOU, DMRC, SNCR, WIMI, ECOM, VHC, SEAC, and CRM
Should you be buying American Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Software include Benefitfocus (BNFT), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), Changyou.Com (CYOU), Digimarc (DMRC), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI), ChannelAdvisor (ECOM), VirnetX (VHC), SeaChange International (SEAC), and Salesforce (CRM).
Benefitfocus (NASDAQ:BNFT) and American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
American Software has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.44%. Given Benefitfocus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Software is more favorable than Benefitfocus.
American Software has a net margin of 10.94% compared to American Software's net margin of -7.40%. Benefitfocus' return on equity of 9.14% beat American Software's return on equity.
97.0% of Benefitfocus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of American Software shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Benefitfocus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of American Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Benefitfocus. Benefitfocus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Software had 6 more articles in the media than Benefitfocus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for American Software and 0 mentions for Benefitfocus. Benefitfocus' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat American Software's score of 0.10 indicating that American Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Benefitfocus has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Software has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Benefitfocus received 36 more outperform votes than American Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.47% of users gave American Software an outperform vote while only 57.95% of users gave Benefitfocus an outperform vote.
Summary
American Software beats Benefitfocus on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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