ENV vs. AKAM, SPSC, ZD, PRFT, YELP, CMPR, OPEN, ANGI, QNST, and TTGT
Should you be buying Envestnet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Envestnet include Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Ziff Davis (ZD), Perficient (PRFT), Yelp (YELP), Cimpress (CMPR), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Angi (ANGI), QuinStreet (QNST), and TechTarget (TTGT). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) and Envestnet (NYSE:ENV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Akamai Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Envestnet shares are owned by 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.
Akamai Technologies received 857 more outperform votes than Envestnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.69% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave Envestnet an outperform vote.
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Envestnet. Envestnet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Akamai Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Akamai Technologies had 9 more articles in the media than Envestnet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Akamai Technologies and 1 mentions for Envestnet. Akamai Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Envestnet's score of 0.42 indicating that Envestnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Envestnet has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Akamai Technologies has a net margin of 16.12% compared to Akamai Technologies' net margin of -15.33%. Envestnet's return on equity of 15.02% beat Akamai Technologies' return on equity.
Akamai Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $114.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.59%. Envestnet has a consensus target price of $64.14, suggesting a potential downside of 2.09%. Given Envestnet's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than Envestnet.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats Envestnet on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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