IONQ vs. VRNT, NTCT, AGYS, SLP, RBBN, SAIC, EVCM, SPNS, AMBA, and VYX
Should you be buying IonQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IonQ include Verint Systems (VRNT), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Agilysys (AGYS), Simulations Plus (SLP), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Science Applications International (SAIC), EverCommerce (EVCM), Sapiens International (SPNS), Ambarella (AMBA), and NCR Voyix (VYX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) and Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, IonQ had 8 more articles in the media than Verint Systems. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for IonQ and 5 mentions for Verint Systems. IonQ's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Verint Systems' score of 0.50 indicating that IonQ is being referred to more favorably in the media.
41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of IonQ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Verint Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
IonQ presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 87.93%. Verint Systems has a consensus price target of $35.20, suggesting a potential upside of 9.69%. Given IonQ's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IonQ is more favorable than Verint Systems.
IonQ has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verint Systems has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verint Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Verint Systems has a net margin of 4.24% compared to IonQ's net margin of -671.00%. Verint Systems' return on equity of 16.60% beat IonQ's return on equity.
Verint Systems received 640 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.
Summary
Verint Systems beats IonQ on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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