VRSN vs. AZPN, EPAM, DOX, EBAY, ZS, HCP, WIT, PRFT, PRO, and YALA
Should you be buying VeriSign stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VeriSign include Aspen Technology (AZPN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), eBay (EBAY), Zscaler (ZS), HashiCorp (HCP), Wipro (WIT), Perficient (PRFT), PROS (PRO), and Yalla Group (YALA).
Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) and VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
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.
Aspen Technology received 61 more outperform votes than VeriSign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.26% of users gave VeriSign an outperform vote while only 61.91% of users gave Aspen Technology an outperform vote.
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.
VeriSign has a net margin of 55.04% compared to VeriSign's net margin of -2.46%. VeriSign's return on equity of 2.76% beat Aspen Technology's return on equity.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of VeriSign shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Aspen Technology had 1 more articles in the media than VeriSign. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Aspen Technology and 10 mentions for VeriSign. Aspen Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat VeriSign's score of 0.59 indicating that VeriSign is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aspen Technology presently has a consensus target price of $219.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.10%. VeriSign has a consensus target price of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.67%. Given Aspen Technology's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe VeriSign is more favorable than Aspen Technology.
Summary
VeriSign beats Aspen Technology on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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