PRO vs. FORTY, DAVA, PERI, PRFT, NTCT, EVBG, PAR, VICR, BHE, and ZUO
Should you be buying PROS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PROS include Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Endava (DAVA), Perion Network (PERI), Perficient (PRFT), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Everbridge (EVBG), PAR Technology (PAR), Vicor (VICR), Benchmark Electronics (BHE), and Zuora (ZUO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Formula Systems (1985) (NASDAQ:FORTY) and PROS (NYSE:PRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, PROS had 44 more articles in the media than Formula Systems (1985). MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for PROS and 4 mentions for Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985)'s average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat PROS's score of 0.15 indicating that PROS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PROS received 484 more outperform votes than Formula Systems (1985) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave PROS an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave Formula Systems (1985) an outperform vote.
34.8% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of PROS shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.3% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PROS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Formula Systems (1985) has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PROS has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Formula Systems (1985) has higher revenue and earnings than PROS. PROS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Formula Systems (1985), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Formula Systems (1985) has a net margin of 2.44% compared to Formula Systems (1985)'s net margin of -15.65%. PROS's return on equity of 5.17% beat Formula Systems (1985)'s return on equity.
PROS has a consensus price target of $41.75, suggesting a potential upside of 32.71%. Given Formula Systems (1985)'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PROS is more favorable than Formula Systems (1985).
Summary
PROS beats Formula Systems (1985) on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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