AMSWA vs. MIXT, CTV, PRCH, BLZE, MTLS, CRNC, DOMO, BBAI, ONTF, and CCSI
Should you be buying American Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Software include MiX Telematics (MIXT), Innovid (CTV), Porch Group (PRCH), Backblaze (BLZE), Materialise (MTLS), Cerence (CRNC), Domo (DOMO), BigBear.ai (BBAI), ON24 (ONTF), and Consensus Cloud Solutions (CCSI). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) and MiX Telematics (NYSE:MIXT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability and community ranking.
American Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MiX Telematics. American Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MiX Telematics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Software and American Software both had 3 articles in the media. American Software's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat MiX Telematics' score of 0.02 indicating that American Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Software pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. MiX Telematics pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. American Software pays out 125.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MiX Telematics pays out 72.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
American Software has a net margin of 10.94% compared to MiX Telematics' net margin of 3.72%. American Software's return on equity of 9.14% beat MiX Telematics' return on equity.
American Software received 10 more outperform votes than MiX Telematics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.48% of users gave MiX Telematics an outperform vote while only 69.47% of users gave American Software an outperform vote.
77.0% of American Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of MiX Telematics shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of American Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of MiX Telematics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Software has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MiX Telematics has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Software currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.69%. MiX Telematics has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.53%. Given American Software's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Software is more favorable than MiX Telematics.
Summary
American Software beats MiX Telematics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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