NTCT vs. VIAV, VRNT, IONQ, SLP, MDRX, AGYS, RBBN, OSPN, UIS, and ZUO
Should you be buying NetScout Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetScout Systems include Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Verint Systems (VRNT), IonQ (IONQ), Simulations Plus (SLP), Veradigm (MDRX), Agilysys (AGYS), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), Unisys (UIS), and Zuora (ZUO).
Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) and NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Viavi Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $13.60, indicating a potential upside of 69.79%. NetScout Systems has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.75%. Given NetScout Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Viavi Solutions is more favorable than NetScout Systems.
In the previous week, Viavi Solutions and Viavi Solutions both had 4 articles in the media. NetScout Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Viavi Solutions' score of 0.89 indicating that Viavi Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Viavi Solutions received 192 more outperform votes than NetScout Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.05% of users gave Viavi Solutions an outperform vote while only 67.54% of users gave NetScout Systems an outperform vote.
Viavi Solutions has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetScout Systems has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
95.5% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Viavi Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NetScout Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Viavi Solutions. NetScout Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viavi Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Viavi Solutions has a net margin of 0.49% compared to Viavi Solutions' net margin of -14.21%. NetScout Systems' return on equity of 5.38% beat Viavi Solutions' return on equity.
Summary
Viavi Solutions beats NetScout Systems on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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