QLYS vs. CVLT, SPSC, ALRM, AI, PRGS, SMAR, TENB, ZI, SQSP, and VERX
Should you be buying Qualys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Qualys include Commvault Systems (CVLT), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Alarm.com (ALRM), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Smartsheet (SMAR), Tenable (TENB), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Squarespace (SQSP), and Vertex (VERX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Commvault Systems presently has a consensus price target of $119.40, suggesting a potential upside of 7.34%. Qualys has a consensus price target of $162.23, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Given Commvault Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Qualys is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Qualys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Commvault Systems received 42 more outperform votes than Qualys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote while only 59.84% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to Qualys' net margin of 20.13%. Commvault Systems' return on equity of 47.28% beat Qualys' return on equity.
In the previous week, Commvault Systems had 6 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Commvault Systems and 12 mentions for Qualys. Commvault Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Qualys' score of 0.42 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Commvault Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Qualys. Commvault Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Qualys beats Commvault Systems on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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