VRNT vs. SYKE, MDRX, FEYE, INFA, HCP, PEGA, BLKB, ACIW, PLUS, and SWI
Should you be buying Verint Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verint Systems include Sykes Enterprises (SYKE), Veradigm (MDRX), FireEye (FEYE), Informatica (INFA), HashiCorp (HCP), Pegasystems (PEGA), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), ePlus (PLUS), and SolarWinds (SWI).
Sykes Enterprises (NASDAQ:SYKE) and Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Verint Systems received 349 more outperform votes than Sykes Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 66.89% of users gave Sykes Enterprises an outperform vote.
Verint Systems has a consensus target price of $35.20, suggesting a potential downside of 2.44%. Given Sykes Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Verint Systems is more favorable than Sykes Enterprises.
Verint Systems has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Verint Systems' net margin of 3.83%. Sykes Enterprises' return on equity of 16.56% beat Verint Systems' return on equity.
Sykes Enterprises has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verint Systems has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Verint Systems had 26 more articles in the media than Sykes Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Verint Systems and 0 mentions for Sykes Enterprises. Sykes Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Verint Systems' score of -0.20 indicating that Verint Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.2% of Sykes Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Sykes Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Verint Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sykes Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Verint Systems. Sykes Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verint Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Verint Systems beats Sykes Enterprises on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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