RPD vs. AI, APPN, SPT, QTWO, PYCR, AVDX, ALKT, SVFCX, INTA, and NCNO
Should you be buying Rapid7 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rapid7 include C3.ai (AI), Appian (APPN), Sprout Social (SPT), Q2 (QTWO), Paycor HCM (PYCR), AvidXchange (AVDX), Alkami Technology (ALKT), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Intapp (INTA), and nCino (NCNO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Rapid7 shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Rapid7 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.
C3.ai presently has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.20%. Rapid7 has a consensus price target of $52.13, indicating a potential upside of 34.83%. Given C3.ai's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rapid7 is more favorable than C3.ai.
Rapid7 has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. Rapid7 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C3.ai, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rapid7 has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rapid7 received 174 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave Rapid7 an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
Rapid7 has a net margin of -19.19% compared to Rapid7's net margin of -95.21%. C3.ai's return on equity of -1.36% beat Rapid7's return on equity.
In the previous week, Rapid7 had 28 more articles in the media than C3.ai. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Rapid7 and 6 mentions for C3.ai. C3.ai's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Rapid7's score of 0.01 indicating that Rapid7 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Rapid7 beats C3.ai on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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