AGYS vs. VRNT, IONQ, NTCT, SLP, RBBN, DMRC, OSPN, UIS, SAIC, and OTEX
Should you be buying Agilysys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilysys include Verint Systems (VRNT), IonQ (IONQ), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Simulations Plus (SLP), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Digimarc (DMRC), OneSpan (OSPN), Unisys (UIS), Science Applications International (SAIC), and Open Text (OTEX). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS) and Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Agilysys. Agilysys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verint Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Agilysys has a net margin of 36.30% compared to Verint Systems' net margin of 4.24%. Verint Systems' return on equity of 16.60% beat Agilysys' return on equity.
Agilysys currently has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.94%. Verint Systems has a consensus price target of $35.20, suggesting a potential upside of 9.69%. Given Verint Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Verint Systems is more favorable than Agilysys.
88.0% of Agilysys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.6% of Agilysys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Verint Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Agilysys has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verint Systems has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Verint Systems received 351 more outperform votes than Agilysys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 62.84% of users gave Agilysys an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Agilysys had 23 more articles in the media than Verint Systems. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Agilysys and 5 mentions for Verint Systems. Agilysys' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Verint Systems' score of 0.50 indicating that Agilysys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Verint Systems beats Agilysys on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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