AZPN vs. VRSN, EPAM, SOGO, PRFT, ZS, ADSK, FICO, MSTR, ANSS, and TYL
Should you be buying Aspen Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Technology include VeriSign (VRSN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Sogou (SOGO), Perficient (PRFT), Zscaler (ZS), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) and VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.
45.7% of Aspen Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of VeriSign shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Aspen Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of VeriSign shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aspen Technology has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VeriSign has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Aspen Technology received 61 more outperform votes than VeriSign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.16% of users gave VeriSign an outperform vote while only 61.91% of users gave Aspen Technology an outperform vote.
In the previous week, VeriSign had 3 more articles in the media than Aspen Technology. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for VeriSign and 7 mentions for Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat VeriSign's score of 1.28 indicating that Aspen Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VeriSign has a net margin of 55.04% compared to Aspen Technology's net margin of -2.46%. Aspen Technology's return on equity of 2.76% beat VeriSign's return on equity.
Aspen Technology presently has a consensus target price of $219.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.66%. VeriSign has a consensus target price of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.45%. Given VeriSign's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VeriSign is more favorable than Aspen Technology.
VeriSign has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VeriSign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
VeriSign beats Aspen Technology on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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