Aspen Technology (AZPN) Competitors

$198.43
+0.43 (+0.22%)
(As of 04/26/2024 ET)

AZPN vs. VRSN, HCP, DOX, PRFT, PRO, YALA, ZS, WIT, CTSH, and LOGI

Should you be buying Aspen Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Technology include VeriSign (VRSN), HashiCorp (HCP), Amdocs (DOX), Perficient (PRFT), PROS (PRO), Yalla Group (YALA), Zscaler (ZS), Wipro (WIT), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), and Logitech International (LOGI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Aspen Technology vs.

Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) and VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Aspen Technology presently has a consensus target price of $210.25, suggesting a potential upside of 5.96%. VeriSign has a consensus target price of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.23%. Given VeriSign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VeriSign is more favorable than Aspen Technology.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aspen Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
VeriSign
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Aspen Technology has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VeriSign has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Aspen Technology received 59 more outperform votes than VeriSign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.30% of users gave VeriSign an outperform vote while only 61.92% of users gave Aspen Technology an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aspen TechnologyOutperform Votes
444
61.92%
Underperform Votes
273
38.08%
VeriSignOutperform Votes
385
62.30%
Underperform Votes
233
37.70%

45.7% of Aspen Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of VeriSign shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Aspen Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of VeriSign shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, VeriSign had 23 more articles in the media than Aspen Technology. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for VeriSign and 6 mentions for Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat VeriSign's score of 0.85 indicating that Aspen Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aspen Technology
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
VeriSign
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

VeriSign has a net margin of 54.74% compared to Aspen Technology's net margin of -8.17%. Aspen Technology's return on equity of 2.38% beat VeriSign's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aspen Technology-8.17% 2.38% 2.15%
VeriSign 54.74%-46.56%43.49%

VeriSign has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VeriSign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aspen Technology$1.04B12.08-$107.76M-$1.35-146.98
VeriSign$1.49B11.77$817.60M$7.9222.16

Summary

VeriSign beats Aspen Technology on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AZPN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AZPN vs. The Competition

MetricAspen TechnologyCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.61B$5.55B$18.11B$7.56B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%2.77%3.94%
P/E Ratio-146.989.97270.5820.93
Price / Sales12.083.89520.5182.53
Price / Cash15.7916.2828.1435.09
Price / Book0.983.416.754.38
Net Income-$107.76M$198.54M$567.53M$214.13M
7 Day Performance-0.02%1.95%2.95%1.86%
1 Month Performance-4.56%-11.42%-2.77%-5.24%
1 Year Performance13.45%-15.87%16.90%8.38%

Aspen Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRSN
VeriSign
3.5868 of 5 stars
$182.63
-0.3%
$240.50
+31.7%
-17.3%$18.29B$1.49B23.06907Earnings Report
Analyst Report
News Coverage
HCP
HashiCorp
1.3726 of 5 stars
$23.66
+1.0%
$28.77
+21.6%
+18.6%$4.72B$583.14M-24.142,200Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
Options Volume
News Coverage
DOX
Amdocs
4.9638 of 5 stars
$84.82
-0.3%
$108.60
+28.0%
-4.8%$9.97B$4.89B18.1630,695Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
PRFT
Perficient
4.9823 of 5 stars
$46.25
-2.5%
$70.00
+51.4%
-30.9%$1.62B$906.54M16.766,547Analyst Upgrade
PRO
PROS
0.996 of 5 stars
$33.67
-0.9%
$39.67
+17.8%
+18.4%$1.58B$303.71M-27.601,486
YALA
Yalla Group
0 of 5 stars
$4.67
-1.7%
N/A+27.6%$727.69M$318.88M7.29829News Coverage
ZS
Zscaler
4.5067 of 5 stars
$174.32
-0.3%
$230.55
+32.3%
+90.2%$26.12B$1.62B-183.495,962
WIT
Wipro
0.4944 of 5 stars
$5.27
-1.1%
$5.05
-4.1%
+21.0%$27.47B$11.01B21.06256,921Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.959 of 5 stars
$67.93
-0.7%
$75.65
+11.4%
+14.6%$33.82B$19.35B16.17347,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Report
LOGI
Logitech International
3.5877 of 5 stars
$79.69
-1.9%
$92.43
+16.0%
+40.8%$12.60B$4.54B26.042,400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:AZPN) was last updated on 4/27/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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