SPSC vs. QLYS, KVYO, CFLT, TENB, WK, PCOR, BRZE, DUOL, ALRM, and CXM
Should you be buying SPS Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPS Commerce include Qualys (QLYS), Klaviyo (KVYO), Confluent (CFLT), Tenable (TENB), Workiva (WK), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Braze (BRZE), Duolingo (DUOL), Alarm.com (ALRM), and Sprinklr (CXM). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 2 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SPS Commerce and 14 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat SPS Commerce's score of 0.59 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Qualys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Qualys has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Qualys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SPS Commerce received 115 more outperform votes than Qualys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.83% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 59.84% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote.
SPS Commerce currently has a consensus target price of $200.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.12%. Qualys has a consensus target price of $162.23, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Given Qualys' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Qualys is more favorable than SPS Commerce.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to SPS Commerce's net margin of 12.23%. Qualys' return on equity of 47.28% beat SPS Commerce's return on equity.
Summary
Qualys beats SPS Commerce on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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