VRNS vs. SQSP, SMAR, VERX, FRSH, TENB, CVLT, CWAN, FROG, BOX, and BL
Should you be buying Varonis Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Varonis Systems include Squarespace (SQSP), Smartsheet (SMAR), Vertex (VERX), Freshworks (FRSH), Tenable (TENB), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), JFrog (FROG), BOX (BOX), and BlackLine (BL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) and Squarespace (NYSE:SQSP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
95.7% of Varonis Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Squarespace shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Varonis Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.1% of Squarespace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Squarespace has a net margin of -0.70% compared to Varonis Systems' net margin of -20.22%. Squarespace's return on equity of 0.00% beat Varonis Systems' return on equity.
Varonis Systems received 808 more outperform votes than Squarespace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.93% of users gave Varonis Systems an outperform vote while only 52.78% of users gave Squarespace an outperform vote.
Varonis Systems currently has a consensus price target of $48.81, suggesting a potential upside of 12.39%. Squarespace has a consensus price target of $38.54, suggesting a potential upside of 12.69%. Given Squarespace's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Squarespace is more favorable than Varonis Systems.
Squarespace has higher revenue and earnings than Varonis Systems. Squarespace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Varonis Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Varonis Systems has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Squarespace has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Squarespace had 10 more articles in the media than Varonis Systems. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Squarespace and 3 mentions for Varonis Systems. Squarespace's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Varonis Systems' score of 0.33 indicating that Squarespace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Squarespace beats Varonis Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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