PRO vs. HCP, PRFT, DAVA, FORTY, PERI, GETY, MRCY, VICR, UDMY, and UPWK
Should you be buying PROS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PROS include HashiCorp (HCP), Perficient (PRFT), Endava (DAVA), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Perion Network (PERI), Getty Images (GETY), Mercury Systems (MRCY), Vicor (VICR), Udemy (UDMY), and Upwork (UPWK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
HashiCorp (NASDAQ:HCP) and PROS (NYSE:PRO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
PROS has a net margin of -18.56% compared to PROS's net margin of -32.70%. HashiCorp's return on equity of 0.00% beat PROS's return on equity.
HashiCorp received 15 more outperform votes than PROS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.66% of users gave PROS an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave HashiCorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, HashiCorp had 29 more articles in the media than PROS. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for HashiCorp and 38 mentions for PROS. HashiCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat PROS's score of 0.28 indicating that PROS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
HashiCorp presently has a consensus target price of $30.77, indicating a potential downside of 5.59%. PROS has a consensus target price of $40.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. Given HashiCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PROS is more favorable than HashiCorp.
PROS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HashiCorp. HashiCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PROS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HashiCorp has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PROS has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of HashiCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of PROS shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of HashiCorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PROS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PROS beats HashiCorp on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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