DAVA vs. PRFT, PRO, FORTY, PERI, HCP, MRCY, EVCM, SPNS, BB, and MXL
Should you be buying Endava stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Endava include Perficient (PRFT), PROS (PRO), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Perion Network (PERI), HashiCorp (HCP), Mercury Systems (MRCY), EverCommerce (EVCM), Sapiens International (SPNS), BlackBerry (BB), and MaxLinear (MXL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Endava (NYSE:DAVA) and Perficient (NASDAQ:PRFT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.
62.2% of Endava shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Perficient shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of Endava shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Perficient 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.
In the previous week, Perficient had 45 more articles in the media than Endava. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Perficient and 8 mentions for Endava. Endava's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Perficient's score of 0.25 indicating that Endava is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Perficient has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Endava's net margin of 8.88%. Perficient's return on equity of 23.39% beat Endava's return on equity.
Endava has higher revenue and earnings than Perficient. Endava is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perficient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perficient received 217 more outperform votes than Endava when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave Perficient an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Endava an outperform vote.
Endava has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perficient has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Endava presently has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 59.52%. Perficient has a consensus price target of $70.43, suggesting a potential downside of 4.14%. Given Endava's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Endava is more favorable than Perficient.
Summary
Perficient beats Endava on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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