TER vs. AKAM, SSNC, BSY, NTNX, OKTA, SWKS, JBL, TRMB, EPAM, and MANH
Should you be buying Teradyne stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Teradyne include Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Bentley Systems (BSY), Nutanix (NTNX), Okta (OKTA), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Jabil (JBL), Trimble (TRMB), EPAM Systems (EPAM), and Manhattan Associates (MANH). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) and Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Teradyne has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Akamai Technologies' net margin of 14.37%. Teradyne's return on equity of 18.88% beat Akamai Technologies' return on equity.
99.8% of Teradyne shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Teradyne shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Akamai Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Akamai Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Teradyne. Akamai Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teradyne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Teradyne has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Akamai Technologies has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Teradyne presently has a consensus target price of $117.83, indicating a potential upside of 1.90%. Akamai Technologies has a consensus target price of $121.60, indicating a potential upside of 18.77%. Given Akamai Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Akamai Technologies is more favorable than Teradyne.
In the previous week, Teradyne had 35 more articles in the media than Akamai Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Teradyne and 16 mentions for Akamai Technologies. Akamai Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Teradyne's score of 0.62 indicating that Akamai Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Akamai Technologies received 1150 more outperform votes than Teradyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Akamai Technologies an outperform vote while only 44.09% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.
Summary
Akamai Technologies beats Teradyne on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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