SAIC vs. OTEX, CACI, AGYS, VRNT, IONQ, JKHY, GDDY, IOT, UI, and WTS
Should you be buying Science Applications International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Science Applications International include Open Text (OTEX), CACI International (CACI), Agilysys (AGYS), Verint Systems (VRNT), IonQ (IONQ), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), GoDaddy (GDDY), Samsara (IOT), Ubiquiti (UI), and Watts Water Technologies (WTS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) and Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Open Text received 149 more outperform votes than Science Applications International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.57% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 64.04% of users gave Science Applications International an outperform vote.
Open Text presently has a consensus price target of $42.25, indicating a potential upside of 38.30%. Science Applications International has a consensus price target of $127.60, indicating a potential downside of 5.48%. Given Science Applications International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Open Text is more favorable than Science Applications International.
Open Text has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Science Applications International has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.4% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Science Applications International shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Open Text shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Science Applications International shares are owned 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.
Open Text pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Science Applications International pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Open Text pays out 161.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Science Applications International pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Science Applications International has a net margin of 6.41% compared to Science Applications International's net margin of 2.85%. Science Applications International's return on equity of 24.45% beat Open Text's return on equity.
Science Applications International has higher revenue and earnings than Open Text. Science Applications International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Open Text, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Open Text and Open Text both had 4 articles in the media. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Science Applications International's score of 0.21 indicating that Science Applications International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Open Text beats Science Applications International on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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