APPF vs. DSGX, INFA, GTLB, U, DBX, DAY, CDAY, PCTY, GWRE, and S
Should you be buying AppFolio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppFolio include The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), Informatica (INFA), GitLab (GTLB), Unity Software (U), Dropbox (DBX), Dayforce (DAY), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Paylocity (PCTY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), and SentinelOne (S). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) and The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
The Descartes Systems Group received 210 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.95% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote while only 55.98% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.
AppFolio currently has a consensus target price of $241.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.93%. The Descartes Systems Group has a consensus target price of $99.30, suggesting a potential upside of 0.19%. Given AppFolio's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe AppFolio is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to AppFolio's net margin of 11.38%. AppFolio's return on equity of 13.51% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 4 more articles in the media than AppFolio. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 10 mentions for AppFolio. AppFolio's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of 0.98 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AppFolio has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Descartes Systems Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AppFolio. The Descartes Systems Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.3% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of AppFolio shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AppFolio and The Descartes Systems Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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