PRGS vs. AI, UPLD, CVLT, QLYS, SEMR, APPN, INTA, SWI, AVDX, and PD
Should you be buying Progress Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Progress Software include C3.ai (AI), Upland Software (UPLD), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), Semrush (SEMR), Appian (APPN), Intapp (INTA), SolarWinds (SWI), AvidXchange (AVDX), and PagerDuty (PD). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) and C3.ai (NYSE:AI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Progress Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Progress Software has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3.ai has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Progress Software presently has a consensus price target of $64.60, indicating a potential upside of 26.17%. C3.ai has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.91%. Given Progress Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Progress Software is more favorable than C3.ai.
Progress Software has a net margin of 9.67% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -95.21%. Progress Software's return on equity of 36.62% beat C3.ai's return on equity.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 2 more articles in the media than Progress Software. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for C3.ai and 6 mentions for Progress Software. Progress Software's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat C3.ai's score of 0.19 indicating that Progress Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Progress Software received 73 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Progress Software an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
Progress Software has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progress Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Progress Software beats C3.ai on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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