CVLT vs. INST, AI, PRGS, QLYS, CWAN, VERX, FROG, BOX, BL, and TDC
Should you be buying Commvault Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commvault Systems include Instructure (INST), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Qualys (QLYS), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Vertex (VERX), JFrog (FROG), BOX (BOX), BlackLine (BL), and Teradata (TDC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) and Instructure (NYSE:INST) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Commvault Systems had 17 more articles in the media than Instructure. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Commvault Systems and 5 mentions for Instructure. Commvault Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Instructure's score of 0.26 indicating that Commvault Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Instructure has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Commvault Systems. Commvault Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Instructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Commvault Systems has a net margin of -0.09% compared to Instructure's net margin of -6.43%. Commvault Systems' return on equity of 32.27% beat Instructure's return on equity.
Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Instructure has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Instructure shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Instructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Commvault Systems received 160 more outperform votes than Instructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave Instructure an outperform vote while only 64.57% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote.
Commvault Systems currently has a consensus price target of $88.20, indicating a potential downside of 14.47%. Instructure has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 55.20%. Given Instructure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Instructure is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
Summary
Commvault Systems beats Instructure on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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