CRTO vs. VIAV, VRNT, AMBA, WB, DFIN, CALX, PD, VSAT, SITM, and SWI
Should you be buying Criteo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Criteo include Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Verint Systems (VRNT), Ambarella (AMBA), Weibo (WB), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Calix (CALX), PagerDuty (PD), Viasat (VSAT), SiTime (SITM), and SolarWinds (SWI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Criteo (NASDAQ:CRTO) and Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Viavi Solutions received 108 more outperform votes than Criteo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 66.83% of users gave Criteo an outperform vote.
Criteo currently has a consensus price target of $36.11, indicating a potential downside of 0.58%. Viavi Solutions has a consensus price target of $13.60, indicating a potential upside of 69.79%. Given Viavi Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than Criteo.
Criteo has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Criteo has higher revenue and earnings than Viavi Solutions. Criteo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viavi Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Criteo has a net margin of 2.73% compared to Viavi Solutions' net margin of 0.49%. Criteo's return on equity of 10.42% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Criteo had 7 more articles in the media than Viavi Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Criteo and 5 mentions for Viavi Solutions. Viavi Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Criteo's score of 0.38 indicating that Viavi Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.3% of Criteo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Criteo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Viavi Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Viavi Solutions beats Criteo on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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