IONQ vs. VRNT, NTCT, SLP, AGYS, RBBN, OSPN, SAIC, PLAB, SOUN, and SPT
Should you be buying IonQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IonQ include Verint Systems (VRNT), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Simulations Plus (SLP), Agilysys (AGYS), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), Science Applications International (SAIC), Photronics (PLAB), SoundHound AI (SOUN), and Sprout Social (SPT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) and IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Verint Systems has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IonQ has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Verint Systems presently has a consensus price target of $35.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.77%. IonQ has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 99.28%. Given Verint Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IonQ is more favorable than Verint Systems.
94.9% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Verint Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of IonQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IonQ had 2 more articles in the media than Verint Systems. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for IonQ and 8 mentions for Verint Systems. IonQ's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Verint Systems' score of 0.54 indicating that Verint Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Verint Systems has a net margin of 4.24% compared to Verint Systems' net margin of -671.00%. IonQ's return on equity of 16.60% beat Verint Systems' return on equity.
Verint Systems received 640 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.
Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verint Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Verint Systems beats IonQ on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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