VERX vs. CVLT, WK, SQSP, VRNS, FROG, BLKB, CWAN, SMAR, BOX, and FRSH
Should you be buying Vertex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex include Commvault Systems (CVLT), Workiva (WK), Squarespace (SQSP), Varonis Systems (VRNS), JFrog (FROG), Blackbaud (BLKB), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Smartsheet (SMAR), BOX (BOX), and Freshworks (FRSH). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Commvault Systems presently has a consensus target price of $114.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.63%. Vertex has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.51%. Given Commvault Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vertex is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Commvault Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Vertex. Vertex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commvault Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Commvault Systems has a net margin of 20.13% compared to Commvault Systems' net margin of -2.29%. Vertex's return on equity of 31.27% beat Commvault Systems' return on equity.
Commvault Systems received 525 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.46% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vertex had 12 more articles in the media than Commvault Systems. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Vertex and 14 mentions for Commvault Systems. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Commvault Systems' score of 0.64 indicating that Commvault Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of Vertex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.0% of Vertex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Commvault Systems beats Vertex on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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