RPD vs. ALKT, AI, PYCR, TDC, SVFCX, AVDX, INTA, APPN, PRGS, and ASAN
Should you be buying Rapid7 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rapid7 include Alkami Technology (ALKT), C3.ai (AI), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Teradata (TDC), Smead Value C (SVFCX), AvidXchange (AVDX), Intapp (INTA), Appian (APPN), Progress Software (PRGS), and Asana (ASAN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) and Alkami Technology (NASDAQ:ALKT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Rapid7 had 6 more articles in the media than Alkami Technology. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Rapid7 and 7 mentions for Alkami Technology. Alkami Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Rapid7's score of 0.15 indicating that Alkami Technology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.7% of Rapid7 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.0% of Alkami Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Rapid7 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of Alkami Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rapid7 currently has a consensus target price of $51.73, suggesting a potential upside of 35.75%. Alkami Technology has a consensus target price of $26.90, suggesting a potential downside of 2.92%. Given Rapid7's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rapid7 is more favorable than Alkami Technology.
Rapid7 has a net margin of -15.14% compared to Alkami Technology's net margin of -20.42%. Alkami Technology's return on equity of -15.31% beat Rapid7's return on equity.
Rapid7 has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alkami Technology has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alkami Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rapid7. Alkami Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rapid7, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rapid7 received 497 more outperform votes than Alkami Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.24% of users gave Alkami Technology an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Rapid7 an outperform vote.
Summary
Rapid7 and Alkami Technology tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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