AWRE vs. LPSN, MRDB, AILE, NTWK, RAAS, DTSS, CLPS, SMSI, TWOU, and LDTC
Should you be buying Aware stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aware include LivePerson (LPSN), MariaDB (MRDB), iLearningEngines (AILE), NetSol Technologies (NTWK), Cloopen Group (RAAS), Datasea (DTSS), CLPS Incorporation (CLPS), Smith Micro Software (SMSI), 2U (TWOU), and LeddarTech (LDTC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN) and Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
LivePerson received 361 more outperform votes than Aware when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Aware an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave LivePerson an outperform vote.
LivePerson has a net margin of -24.99% compared to LivePerson's net margin of -36.65%. LivePerson's return on equity of -12.91% beat Aware's return on equity.
Aware has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LivePerson. Aware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LivePerson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LivePerson has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aware has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LivePerson presently has a consensus price target of $2.58, suggesting a potential upside of 349.04%. Given Aware's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe LivePerson is more favorable than Aware.
In the previous week, Aware had 105 more articles in the media than LivePerson. MarketBeat recorded 108 mentions for Aware and 3 mentions for LivePerson. Aware's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat LivePerson's score of 0.01 indicating that LivePerson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
79.8% of LivePerson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Aware shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of LivePerson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.6% of Aware shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
LivePerson beats Aware on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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