ACIW vs. VRNS, TENB, VERX, RPD, SAIL, AZPN, MANH, GWRE, INFA, and HCP
Should you be buying ACI Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ACI Worldwide include Varonis Systems (VRNS), Tenable (TENB), Vertex (VERX), Rapid7 (RPD), SailPoint Technologies (SAIL), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), and HashiCorp (HCP).
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) and Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Varonis Systems has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Varonis Systems received 550 more outperform votes than ACI Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.83% of users gave Varonis Systems an outperform vote while only 63.33% of users gave ACI Worldwide an outperform vote.
ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Varonis Systems' net margin of -20.38%. ACI Worldwide's return on equity of 17.31% beat Varonis Systems' return on equity.
94.7% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Varonis Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Varonis Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Varonis Systems had 3 more articles in the media than ACI Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Varonis Systems and 3 mentions for ACI Worldwide. ACI Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Varonis Systems' score of 0.72 indicating that ACI Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ACI Worldwide currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.08%. Varonis Systems has a consensus price target of $49.06, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. Given Varonis Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Varonis Systems is more favorable than ACI Worldwide.
ACI Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACI Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ACI Worldwide beats Varonis Systems on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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