IONQ vs. VRNT, NTCT, AGYS, SLP, RBBN, OSPN, SAIC, VYX, TTMI, and ODD
Should you be buying IonQ stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IonQ include Verint Systems (VRNT), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Agilysys (AGYS), Simulations Plus (SLP), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), Science Applications International (SAIC), NCR Voyix (VYX), TTM Technologies (TTMI), and Oddity Tech (ODD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) and Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
IonQ currently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 88.14%. Verint Systems has a consensus target price of $35.20, suggesting a potential upside of 12.53%. Given IonQ's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe IonQ is more favorable than Verint Systems.
IonQ has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verint Systems has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IonQ had 11 more articles in the media than Verint Systems. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for IonQ and 5 mentions for Verint Systems. Verint Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat IonQ's score of 0.23 indicating that Verint Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verint Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of IonQ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Verint 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.
Verint Systems received 641 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 37.93% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.
Verint Systems has a net margin of 4.24% compared to IonQ's net margin of -671.00%. Verint Systems' return on equity of 16.60% beat IonQ's return on equity.
Summary
Verint Systems beats IonQ on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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