PRO vs. PEGA, BLKB, ACIW, PLUS, SWI, VRNT, SPNS, NTCT, DMRC, and AMSWA
Should you be buying PROS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PROS include Pegasystems (PEGA), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), ePlus (PLUS), SolarWinds (SWI), Verint Systems (VRNT), Sapiens International (SPNS), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Digimarc (DMRC), and American Software (AMSWA). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
PROS (NYSE:PRO) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
Pegasystems has a net margin of 5.32% compared to PROS's net margin of -15.65%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 45.00% beat PROS's return on equity.
PROS received 98 more outperform votes than Pegasystems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.77% of users gave PROS an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote.
Pegasystems has higher revenue and earnings than PROS. PROS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PROS currently has a consensus price target of $43.33, indicating a potential upside of 46.99%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $72.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.88%. Given PROS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PROS is more favorable than Pegasystems.
In the previous week, PROS had 17 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for PROS and 6 mentions for Pegasystems. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat PROS's score of 0.36 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PROS has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.3% of PROS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of PROS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Pegasystems beats PROS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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