PERI vs. CTG, CPSI, COMP, DAVA, PRO, FORTY, TWKS, CINT, RMBL, and TBRG
Should you be buying Perion Network stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perion Network include Computer Task Group (CTG), Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI), Compass (COMP), Endava (DAVA), PROS (PRO), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Thoughtworks (TWKS), CI&T (CINT), RumbleOn (RMBL), and TruBridge (TBRG). These companies are all part of the "custom computer programming services" industry.
Perion Network (NASDAQ:PERI) and Computer Task Group (NASDAQ:CTG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Perion Network has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Computer Task Group has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
68.1% of Perion Network shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Computer Task Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Perion Network shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Computer Task Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Perion Network has a net margin of 13.94% compared to Computer Task Group's net margin of 0.18%. Perion Network's return on equity of 20.70% beat Computer Task Group's return on equity.
Perion Network presently has a consensus target price of $25.80, suggesting a potential upside of 106.40%. Given Perion Network's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Perion Network is more favorable than Computer Task Group.
Perion Network has higher revenue and earnings than Computer Task Group. Perion Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Computer Task Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perion Network and Computer Task Group both received 299 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 71.36% of users gave Perion Network an outperform vote while only 63.08% of users gave Computer Task Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Perion Network had 15 more articles in the media than Computer Task Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Perion Network and 1 mentions for Computer Task Group. Perion Network's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Computer Task Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Perion Network is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Perion Network beats Computer Task Group on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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