PLUS vs. SCSC, WSTG, HCP, PEGA, BLKB, ACIW, VRNT, SWI, SPNS, and NTCT
Should you be buying ePlus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ePlus include ScanSource (SCSC), Wayside Technology Group (WSTG), HashiCorp (HCP), Pegasystems (PEGA), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Verint Systems (VRNT), SolarWinds (SWI), Sapiens International (SPNS), and NetScout Systems (NTCT).
ScanSource (NASDAQ:SCSC) and ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, ScanSource had 4 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ScanSource and 3 mentions for ePlus. ScanSource's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat ePlus' score of 1.09 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ScanSource currently has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential downside of 19.32%. ePlus has a consensus target price of $86.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.01%. Given ScanSource's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ePlus is more favorable than ScanSource.
ePlus received 29 more outperform votes than ScanSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.59% of users gave ePlus an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave ScanSource an outperform vote.
ePlus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ScanSource. ScanSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ePlus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ScanSource has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ePlus has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.9% of ScanSource shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of ePlus shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of ScanSource shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of ePlus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ePlus has a net margin of 5.20% compared to ePlus' net margin of 2.31%. ScanSource's return on equity of 13.47% beat ePlus' return on equity.
Summary
ePlus beats ScanSource on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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