CTSH vs. VRSN, EPAM, DOX, WIT, ZS, AZPN, PRFT, PRO, YALA, and INFY
Should you be buying Cognizant Technology Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognizant Technology Solutions include VeriSign (VRSN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), Wipro (WIT), Zscaler (ZS), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Perficient (PRFT), PROS (PRO), Yalla Group (YALA), and Infosys (INFY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Cognizant Technology Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $75.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.23%. VeriSign has a consensus price target of $218.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.80%. Given VeriSign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VeriSign is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
In the previous week, VeriSign had 3 more articles in the media than Cognizant Technology Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for VeriSign and 8 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat VeriSign's score of 1.01 indicating that Cognizant Technology Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than VeriSign. Cognizant Technology Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VeriSign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VeriSign has a net margin of 55.04% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of 10.84%. Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity of 17.48% beat VeriSign's return on equity.
92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of VeriSign shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of VeriSign shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VeriSign has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 832 more outperform votes than VeriSign when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave VeriSign an outperform vote.
Summary
VeriSign beats Cognizant Technology Solutions on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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