BASE vs. SLP, HSTM, MOBL, PERI, RBBN, WK, BLKB, BOX, FRSH, and AI
Should you be buying Couchbase stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Couchbase include Simulations Plus (SLP), HealthStream (HSTM), MobileIron (MOBL), Perion Network (PERI), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Workiva (WK), Blackbaud (BLKB), BOX (BOX), Freshworks (FRSH), and C3.ai (AI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) and Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Simulations Plus received 220 more outperform votes than Couchbase when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.82% of users gave Simulations Plus an outperform vote while only 47.27% of users gave Couchbase an outperform vote.
Simulations Plus has a net margin of 16.22% compared to Couchbase's net margin of -41.66%. Simulations Plus' return on equity of 7.95% beat Couchbase's return on equity.
Simulations Plus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Couchbase. Couchbase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simulations Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.1% of Couchbase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Simulations Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Couchbase shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of Simulations Plus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Couchbase presently has a consensus price target of $29.36, indicating a potential upside of 61.69%. Simulations Plus has a consensus price target of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Couchbase's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Couchbase is more favorable than Simulations Plus.
In the previous week, Couchbase had 33 more articles in the media than Simulations Plus. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Couchbase and 0 mentions for Simulations Plus. Simulations Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Couchbase's score of -0.02 indicating that Simulations Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Couchbase has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simulations Plus has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Simulations Plus beats Couchbase on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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