AGYS vs. VRNT, IONQ, NTCT, SLP, DMRC, RBBN, OSPN, UIS, SAIC, and CACI
Should you be buying Agilysys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilysys include Verint Systems (VRNT), IonQ (IONQ), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Simulations Plus (SLP), Digimarc (DMRC), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), Unisys (UIS), Science Applications International (SAIC), and CACI International (CACI). These companies are all part of the "computer integrated systems design" industry.
Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) and Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Verint Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Agilysys. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Verint Systems and 3 mentions for Agilysys. Verint Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Agilysys' score of 0.78 indicating that Agilysys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Verint Systems has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilysys has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
95.0% of Verint Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Agilysys shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Verint Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of Agilysys shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Agilysys. Agilysys 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 price target of $35.20, suggesting a potential upside of 15.33%. Agilysys has a consensus price target of $88.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.32%. Given Agilysys' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Verint Systems is more favorable than Agilysys.
Verint Systems received 354 more outperform votes than Agilysys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 62.74% of users gave Agilysys an outperform vote.
Agilysys has a net margin of 38.27% compared to Agilysys' net margin of 4.24%. Verint Systems' return on equity of 20.54% beat Agilysys' return on equity.
Summary
Verint Systems beats Agilysys on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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