YEXT vs. PGRU, TIXT, GB, IBEX, GSMG, STER, RAMP, EVTC, VVI, and SDA
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), Viad (VVI), and SunCar Technology Group (SDA). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Yext (NYSE:YEXT) and PropertyGuru Group (NYSE:PGRU) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Yext currently has a consensus price target of $11.20, indicating a potential upside of 95.12%. PropertyGuru Group has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.48%. Given Yext's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Yext is more favorable than PropertyGuru Group.
71.0% of Yext shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of PropertyGuru Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Yext shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of PropertyGuru Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Yext and Yext both had 2 articles in the media. PropertyGuru Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Yext's score of 0.43 indicating that PropertyGuru Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Yext has a net margin of -0.65% compared to PropertyGuru Group's net margin of -10.21%. PropertyGuru Group's return on equity of -1.76% beat Yext's return on equity.
Yext has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PropertyGuru Group has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Yext beats PropertyGuru Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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