YEXT vs. PGRU, TIXT, GB, IBEX, GSMG, STER, RAMP, EVTC, EVRI, and IMXI
Should you be buying Yext stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yext include PropertyGuru Group (PGRU), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Global Blue Group (GB), IBEX (IBEX), Glory Star New Media Group (GSMG), Sterling Check (STER), LiveRamp (RAMP), EVERTEC (EVTC), Everi (EVRI), and International Money Express (IMXI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
PropertyGuru Group (NYSE:PGRU) and Yext (NYSE:YEXT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Yext has a net margin of -0.65% compared to Yext's net margin of -10.21%. Yext's return on equity of -1.76% beat PropertyGuru Group's return on equity.
61.4% of PropertyGuru Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Yext shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of PropertyGuru Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Yext shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PropertyGuru Group currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 73.27%. Yext has a consensus target price of $11.20, indicating a potential upside of 104.75%. Given PropertyGuru Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Yext is more favorable than PropertyGuru Group.
Yext received 392 more outperform votes than PropertyGuru Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave PropertyGuru Group an outperform vote while only 66.95% of users gave Yext an outperform vote.
Yext has higher revenue and earnings than PropertyGuru Group. Yext is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PropertyGuru Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PropertyGuru Group had 2 more articles in the media than Yext. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PropertyGuru Group and 1 mentions for Yext. PropertyGuru Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Yext's score of 0.50 indicating that Yext is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PropertyGuru Group has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yext has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Yext beats PropertyGuru Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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