SMRT vs. VRNT, IONQ, NTCT, MDRX, TDCX, SLP, DMRC, RBBN, OSPN, and ECX
Should you be buying SmartRent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartRent include Verint Systems (VRNT), IonQ (IONQ), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Veradigm (MDRX), TDCX (TDCX), Simulations Plus (SLP), Digimarc (DMRC), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), and ECARX (ECX). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) and Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
SmartRent has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verint Systems has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SmartRent currently has a consensus target price of $3.89, suggesting a potential upside of 65.53%. Verint Systems has a consensus target price of $35.20, suggesting a potential downside of 4.30%. Given SmartRent's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe SmartRent is more favorable than Verint Systems.
Verint Systems has a net margin of 5.52% compared to SmartRent's net margin of -13.08%. Verint Systems' return on equity of 16.56% beat SmartRent's return on equity.
59.4% of SmartRent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of SmartRent 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than SmartRent. SmartRent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verint Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Verint Systems had 25 more articles in the media than SmartRent. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Verint Systems and 2 mentions for SmartRent. Verint Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat SmartRent's score of -0.47 indicating that Verint Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Verint Systems received 639 more outperform votes than SmartRent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave SmartRent an outperform vote.
Summary
Verint Systems beats SmartRent on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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