PLUS vs. SMTC, VSAT, INTA, PRGS, YY, ROG, AGYS, UPST, CRTO, and PD
Should you be buying ePlus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ePlus include Semtech (SMTC), Viasat (VSAT), Intapp (INTA), Progress Software (PRGS), JOYY (YY), Rogers (ROG), Agilysys (AGYS), Upstart (UPST), Criteo (CRTO), and PagerDuty (PD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Semtech (NASDAQ:SMTC) and ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
ePlus has higher revenue and earnings than Semtech. Semtech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ePlus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Semtech has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ePlus has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.8% of ePlus shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Semtech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of ePlus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Semtech had 1 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Semtech and 2 mentions for ePlus. Semtech's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat ePlus' score of 0.78 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Semtech presently has a consensus price target of $39.85, suggesting a potential upside of 11.41%. ePlus has a consensus price target of $81.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.23%. Given ePlus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Semtech is more favorable than ePlus.
ePlus has a net margin of 5.86% compared to ePlus' net margin of -125.70%. Semtech's return on equity of 15.26% beat ePlus' return on equity.
Semtech received 431 more outperform votes than ePlus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave Semtech an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave ePlus an outperform vote.
Summary
ePlus beats Semtech on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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