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