NTCT vs. NXGN, VIAV, SLP, MDRX, SYKE, PEGA, BLKB, ACIW, PLUS, and SWI
Should you be buying NetScout Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetScout Systems include NextGen Healthcare (NXGN), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Simulations Plus (SLP), Veradigm (MDRX), Sykes Enterprises (SYKE), Pegasystems (PEGA), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), ePlus (PLUS), and SolarWinds (SWI).
NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) and NextGen Healthcare (NASDAQ:NXGN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of NextGen Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of NextGen Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NetScout Systems had 1 more articles in the media than NextGen Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NetScout Systems and 3 mentions for NextGen Healthcare. NetScout Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat NextGen Healthcare's score of 0.52 indicating that NetScout Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NextGen Healthcare has a consensus target price of $22.98, suggesting a potential downside of 4.01%. Given NextGen Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NextGen Healthcare is more favorable than NetScout Systems.
NetScout Systems has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextGen Healthcare has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
NextGen Healthcare has a net margin of -0.89% compared to NetScout Systems' net margin of -17.81%. NextGen Healthcare's return on equity of 11.37% beat NetScout Systems' return on equity.
NextGen Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NetScout Systems. NextGen Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetScout Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NetScout Systems received 323 more outperform votes than NextGen Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.54% of users gave NetScout Systems an outperform vote while only 50.53% of users gave NextGen Healthcare an outperform vote.
Summary
NextGen Healthcare beats NetScout Systems on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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