WIT vs. ZS, CTSH, VRSN, EPAM, AZPN, DOX, INFY, ANSS, FTV, and FICO
Should you be buying Wipro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wipro include Zscaler (ZS), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), VeriSign (VRSN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Amdocs (DOX), Infosys (INFY), ANSYS (ANSS), Fortive (FTV), and Fair Isaac (FICO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) and Wipro (NYSE:WIT) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Zscaler had 4 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Zscaler and 8 mentions for Wipro. Wipro's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Zscaler's score of 0.22 indicating that Zscaler is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zscaler presently has a consensus target price of $230.24, suggesting a potential upside of 30.04%. Wipro has a consensus target price of $5.05, suggesting a potential downside of 7.51%. Given Wipro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Zscaler is more favorable than Wipro.
Zscaler has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wipro has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Wipro shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of Zscaler shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wipro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Summary
Zscaler beats Wipro on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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