DSGX vs. DBX, GTLB, INFA, MNDY, APPF, U, PCTY, S, CDAY, and GWRE
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include Dropbox (DBX), GitLab (GTLB), Informatica (INFA), monday.com (MNDY), AppFolio (APPF), Unity Software (U), Paylocity (PCTY), SentinelOne (S), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), and Guidewire Software (GWRE). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Dropbox has a net margin of 20.50% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of 20.23%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 9.80% beat Dropbox's return on equity.
Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Dropbox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Descartes Systems Group received 136 more outperform votes than Dropbox when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.30% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 64.90% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Dropbox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Dropbox shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Descartes Systems Group currently has a consensus price target of $98.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.80%. Dropbox has a consensus price target of $29.78, indicating a potential upside of 30.83%. Given Dropbox's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dropbox is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dropbox has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 5 more articles in the media than Dropbox. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 7 mentions for Dropbox. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of 0.79 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Dropbox beats The Descartes Systems Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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