BASE vs. PDFS, VTEX, FSLY, OPRA, ENFN, EVBG, DCBO, ZUO, TUYA, and SLP
Should you be buying Couchbase stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Couchbase include PDF Solutions (PDFS), VTEX (VTEX), Fastly (FSLY), Opera (OPRA), Enfusion (ENFN), Everbridge (EVBG), Docebo (DCBO), Zuora (ZUO), Tuya (TUYA), and Simulations Plus (SLP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) and PDF Solutions (NASDAQ:PDFS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Couchbase currently has a consensus price target of $32.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.92%. PDF Solutions has a consensus price target of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.33%. Given PDF Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PDF Solutions is more favorable than Couchbase.
Couchbase has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDF Solutions has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PDF Solutions has a net margin of 1.42% compared to Couchbase's net margin of -44.54%. PDF Solutions' return on equity of 4.83% beat Couchbase's return on equity.
PDF Solutions received 227 more outperform votes than Couchbase when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.41% of users gave PDF Solutions an outperform vote while only 46.53% of users gave Couchbase an outperform vote.
PDF Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Couchbase. Couchbase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PDF Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PDF Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Couchbase. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PDF Solutions and 7 mentions for Couchbase. PDF Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Couchbase's score of 0.57 indicating that PDF Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.1% of Couchbase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of PDF Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Couchbase shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of PDF Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
PDF Solutions beats Couchbase on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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