DSGX vs. APPF, NATI, CYBR, MSP, QTWO, VEEV, HUBS, MSTR, ANSS, and TTWO
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include AppFolio (APPF), National Instruments (NATI), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Datto (MSP), Q2 (QTWO), Veeva Systems (VEEV), HubSpot (HUBS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO).
AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) and The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
AppFolio currently has a consensus target price of $241.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.55%. The Descartes Systems Group has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.47%. Given AppFolio's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Descartes Systems Group is more favorable than AppFolio.
The Descartes Systems Group received 214 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote while only 55.98% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.62% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of 11.38%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 13.51% beat AppFolio's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 31 more articles in the media than AppFolio. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 5 mentions for AppFolio. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat AppFolio's score of 0.31 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.3% of AppFolio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of AppFolio shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Descartes Systems Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AppFolio. The Descartes Systems Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AppFolio has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats AppFolio on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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