DSGX vs. DBX, APPF, GTLB, MNDY, PCTY, U, DAY, CDAY, INFA, and GWRE
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include Dropbox (DBX), AppFolio (APPF), GitLab (GTLB), monday.com (MNDY), Paylocity (PCTY), Unity Software (U), Dayforce (DAY), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Informatica (INFA), and Guidewire Software (GWRE). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) and The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Dropbox had 5 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Dropbox and 8 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of -0.01 indicating that The Descartes Systems Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dropbox presently has a consensus price target of $29.78, suggesting a potential upside of 27.42%. The Descartes Systems Group has a consensus price target of $98.44, suggesting a potential upside of 3.10%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Dropbox is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of 18.13%. Dropbox's return on equity of 9.80% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group received 136 more outperform votes than Dropbox when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.30% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 65.16% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
Dropbox has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Dropbox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of Dropbox shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats Dropbox on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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