ZS vs. WIT, CTSH, VRSN, EPAM, AZPN, JNPR, DOX, FFIV, FTNT, and PRFT
Should you be buying Zscaler stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zscaler include Wipro (WIT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), VeriSign (VRSN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Amdocs (DOX), F5 (FFIV), Fortinet (FTNT), and Perficient (PRFT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Wipro (NYSE:WIT) and Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Wipro has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wipro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wipro has a net margin of 12.29% compared to Wipro's net margin of -7.32%. Zscaler's return on equity of 16.05% beat Wipro's return on equity.
2.4% of Wipro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Wipro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Zscaler shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Wipro has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zscaler has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Zscaler had 7 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Zscaler and 6 mentions for Wipro. Zscaler's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Wipro's score of 0.48 indicating that Wipro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zscaler received 125 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.34% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote while only 50.70% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.
Wipro presently has a consensus price target of $5.05, indicating a potential downside of 7.42%. Zscaler has a consensus price target of $230.24, indicating a potential upside of 34.64%. Given Wipro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zscaler is more favorable than Wipro.
Summary
Zscaler beats Wipro on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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