VRSK vs. PEGA, FIVN, ATHM, WDAY, RNG, GDRX, DADA, ADP, IT, and EFX
Should you be buying Verisk Analytics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verisk Analytics include Pegasystems (PEGA), Five9 (FIVN), Autohome (ATHM), Workday (WDAY), RingCentral (RNG), GoodRx (GDRX), Dada Nexus (DADA), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Gartner (IT), and Equifax (EFX).
Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) and Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Verisk Analytics received 76 more outperform votes than Pegasystems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.11% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote.
Pegasystems currently has a consensus target price of $72.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.83%. Verisk Analytics has a consensus target price of $254.31, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Given Verisk Analytics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pegasystems is more favorable than Verisk Analytics.
46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by institutional investors. 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Verisk Analytics had 13 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Verisk Analytics and 8 mentions for Pegasystems. Verisk Analytics' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Pegasystems' score of 0.99 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pegasystems pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Verisk Analytics pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Pegasystems pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Verisk Analytics pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Verisk Analytics has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Verisk Analytics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Verisk Analytics has a net margin of 28.45% compared to Verisk Analytics' net margin of 5.32%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 268.19% beat Verisk Analytics' return on equity.
Pegasystems has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Verisk Analytics has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. Verisk Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Verisk Analytics beats Pegasystems on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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