SMRT vs. VRNT, IONQ, NTCT, TDCX, SLP, MDRX, 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), TDCX (TDCX), Simulations Plus (SLP), Veradigm (MDRX), Digimarc (DMRC), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), and ECARX (ECX). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) and SmartRent (NYSE:SMRT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
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.
Verint Systems currently has a consensus target price of $35.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.77%. SmartRent has a consensus target price of $3.99, indicating a potential upside of 55.25%. Given Verint Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SmartRent is more favorable than Verint Systems.
Verint Systems has a net margin of 4.24% compared to Verint Systems' net margin of -13.08%. SmartRent's return on equity of 16.60% beat Verint Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Verint Systems had 8 more articles in the media than SmartRent. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Verint Systems and 0 mentions for SmartRent. SmartRent's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Verint Systems' score of 0.00 indicating that Verint Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Verint Systems received 638 more outperform votes than SmartRent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 51.85% of users gave SmartRent an outperform vote.
94.9% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.4% of SmartRent shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Verint Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of SmartRent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Verint Systems has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartRent has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Verint Systems beats SmartRent on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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