MIXT vs. AMSWA, CRNC, BLZE, CTV, PRCH, MTLS, BBAI, DOMO, ONTF, and DDD
Should you be buying MiX Telematics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MiX Telematics include American Software (AMSWA), Cerence (CRNC), Backblaze (BLZE), Innovid (CTV), Porch Group (PRCH), Materialise (MTLS), BigBear.ai (BBAI), Domo (DOMO), ON24 (ONTF), and 3D Systems (DDD). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) and MiX Telematics (NYSE:MIXT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
American Software pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. MiX Telematics pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. American Software pays out 125.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MiX Telematics pays out 72.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
American Software received 10 more outperform votes than MiX Telematics when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.48% of users gave MiX Telematics an outperform vote while only 69.47% of users gave American Software an outperform vote.
American Software currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.93%. MiX Telematics has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.53%. Given MiX Telematics' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Software is more favorable than MiX Telematics.
American Software has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MiX Telematics has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MiX Telematics. American Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MiX Telematics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Software has a net margin of 10.94% compared to American Software's net margin of 3.72%. MiX Telematics' return on equity of 9.14% beat American Software's return on equity.
In the previous week, MiX Telematics had 1 more articles in the media than American Software. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MiX Telematics and 3 mentions for American Software. MiX Telematics' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat American Software's score of 0.22 indicating that American Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.0% of American Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of MiX Telematics shares are held by institutional investors. 11.4% of American Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of MiX Telematics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
American Software beats MiX Telematics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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