SEMR vs. PRGS, AVDX, RPD, BB, APPN, ALKT, SWI, PD, PYCR, and EVCM
Should you be buying Semrush stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semrush include Progress Software (PRGS), AvidXchange (AVDX), Rapid7 (RPD), BlackBerry (BB), Appian (APPN), Alkami Technology (ALKT), SolarWinds (SWI), PagerDuty (PD), Paycor HCM (PYCR), and EverCommerce (EVCM). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Semrush (NASDAQ:SEMR) and Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Progress Software received 402 more outperform votes than Semrush when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Progress Software an outperform vote while only 56.06% of users gave Semrush an outperform vote.
Progress Software has higher revenue and earnings than Semrush. Progress Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semrush, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Progress Software has a net margin of 9.67% compared to Semrush's net margin of 4.01%. Progress Software's return on equity of 36.62% beat Semrush's return on equity.
Semrush has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progress Software has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Progress Software had 3 more articles in the media than Semrush. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Progress Software and 6 mentions for Semrush. Progress Software's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Semrush's score of 0.53 indicating that Progress Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Semrush presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.05%. Progress Software has a consensus price target of $64.60, indicating a potential upside of 25.63%. Given Progress Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Progress Software is more favorable than Semrush.
32.9% of Semrush shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of Semrush shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Progress Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Progress Software beats Semrush on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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