CYBR vs. DSGX, NATI, ALTR, SAIL, MSP, EA, VEEV, HUBS, MSTR, and ANSS
Should you be buying CyberArk Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CyberArk Software include The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), National Instruments (NATI), Altair Engineering (ALTR), SailPoint Technologies (SAIL), Datto (MSP), Electronic Arts (EA), Veeva Systems (VEEV), HubSpot (HUBS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and ANSYS (ANSS).
The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) and CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CyberArk Software has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CyberArk Software received 337 more outperform votes than The Descartes Systems Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.63% of users gave CyberArk Software an outperform vote while only 64.96% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.62% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of -3.20%. CyberArk Software's return on equity of 10.10% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CyberArk Software. CyberArk Software 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 21 more articles in the media than CyberArk Software. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 14 mentions for CyberArk Software. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat CyberArk Software's score of 0.54 indicating that CyberArk Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CyberArk Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CyberArk Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Descartes Systems Group presently has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.47%. CyberArk Software has a consensus target price of $267.29, indicating a potential upside of 16.59%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CyberArk Software is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
Summary
CyberArk Software beats The Descartes Systems Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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