CVLT vs. INST, AI, QLYS, PRGS, BLKB, WK, CWAN, FROG, BOX, and VERX
Should you be buying Commvault Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commvault Systems include Instructure (INST), C3.ai (AI), Qualys (QLYS), Progress Software (PRGS), Blackbaud (BLKB), Workiva (WK), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), JFrog (FROG), BOX (BOX), and Vertex (VERX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Instructure (NYSE:INST) and Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Instructure has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.1% of Instructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Instructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Instructure presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.67%. Commvault Systems has a consensus price target of $85.60, suggesting a potential downside of 12.92%. Given Commvault Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Instructure is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
Commvault Systems received 159 more outperform votes than Instructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave Instructure an outperform vote while only 64.53% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Instructure and Instructure both had 2 articles in the media. Instructure's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Commvault Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Commvault Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Commvault Systems has a net margin of -0.09% compared to Commvault Systems' net margin of -6.43%. Instructure's return on equity of 32.27% beat Commvault Systems' return on equity.
Instructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Commvault Systems. Commvault Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Instructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Instructure beats Commvault Systems on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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