UPST vs. PLUS, CRTO, SEMR, VECO, VSAT, AGYS, SITM, PRGS, ROG, and YY
Should you be buying Upstart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Upstart include ePlus (PLUS), Criteo (CRTO), Semrush (SEMR), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Viasat (VSAT), Agilysys (AGYS), SiTime (SITM), Progress Software (PRGS), Rogers (ROG), and JOYY (YY). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Upstart (NASDAQ:UPST) and ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Upstart had 13 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Upstart and 3 mentions for ePlus. ePlus' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Upstart's score of 0.14 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ePlus received 214 more outperform votes than Upstart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.75% of users gave ePlus an outperform vote while only 32.65% of users gave Upstart an outperform vote.
ePlus has a net margin of 5.86% compared to Upstart's net margin of -46.76%. ePlus' return on equity of 15.26% beat Upstart's return on equity.
Upstart currently has a consensus target price of $26.78, suggesting a potential upside of 5.42%. ePlus has a consensus target price of $81.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.05%. Given Upstart's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Upstart is more favorable than ePlus.
63.0% of Upstart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of ePlus shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Upstart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of ePlus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ePlus has higher revenue and earnings than Upstart. Upstart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ePlus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Upstart has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ePlus has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ePlus beats Upstart on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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