VERX vs. CVLT, WK, SQSP, VRNS, FROG, BLKB, CWAN, SMAR, BOX, and FRSH
Should you be buying Vertex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex include Commvault Systems (CVLT), Workiva (WK), Squarespace (SQSP), Varonis Systems (VRNS), JFrog (FROG), Blackbaud (BLKB), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Smartsheet (SMAR), BOX (BOX), and Freshworks (FRSH). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) and Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Vertex currently has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.10%. Commvault Systems has a consensus target price of $114.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.06%. Given Vertex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vertex is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
Vertex has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Commvault Systems had 18 more articles in the media than Vertex. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Commvault Systems and 10 mentions for Vertex. Commvault Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Vertex's score of 0.60 indicating that Commvault Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Commvault Systems has a net margin of 20.13% compared to Vertex's net margin of -2.29%. Commvault Systems' return on equity of 31.27% beat Vertex's return on equity.
59.1% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 45.0% of Vertex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Commvault Systems received 525 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.46% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.
Commvault Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Vertex. Vertex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commvault Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Commvault Systems beats Vertex on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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