ZS vs. WIT, CTSH, VRSN, AZPN, JNPR, EPAM, FFIV, DOX, FTNT, and PRFT
Should you be buying Zscaler stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zscaler include Wipro (WIT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), VeriSign (VRSN), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Juniper Networks (JNPR), EPAM Systems (EPAM), F5 (FFIV), Amdocs (DOX), Fortinet (FTNT), and Perficient (PRFT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) and Wipro (NYSE:WIT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Wipro has a net margin of 12.29% compared to Zscaler's net margin of -7.32%. Wipro's return on equity of 16.05% beat Zscaler's return on equity.
46.5% of Zscaler shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Wipro shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Zscaler shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wipro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Zscaler currently has a consensus price target of $230.68, indicating a potential upside of 28.65%. Wipro has a consensus price target of $5.05, indicating a potential downside of 7.25%. Given Zscaler's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Zscaler is more favorable than Wipro.
Zscaler received 127 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.45% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote while only 50.70% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.
Wipro has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wipro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Zscaler had 21 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Zscaler and 3 mentions for Wipro. Zscaler's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Wipro's score of 0.53 indicating that Zscaler is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zscaler has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wipro has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Zscaler beats Wipro on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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