PRO vs. PRFT, DAVA, FORTY, PERI, UDMY, LILAK, LILA, UPWK, TTMI, and SSTK
Should you be buying PROS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PROS include Perficient (PRFT), Endava (DAVA), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Perion Network (PERI), Udemy (UDMY), Liberty Latin America (LILAK), Liberty Latin America (LILA), Upwork (UPWK), TTM Technologies (TTMI), and Shutterstock (SSTK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Perficient (NASDAQ:PRFT) and PROS (NYSE:PRO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Perficient and Perficient both had 32 articles in the media. Perficient's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat PROS's score of 0.14 indicating that PROS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Perficient has higher revenue and earnings than PROS. PROS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perficient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Perficient has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Perficient's net margin of -18.56%. PROS's return on equity of 23.39% beat Perficient's return on equity.
95.0% of Perficient shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of PROS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Perficient shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PROS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Perficient has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PROS has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PROS received 149 more outperform votes than Perficient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.66% of users gave PROS an outperform vote while only 66.08% of users gave Perficient an outperform vote.
Perficient presently has a consensus target price of $65.17, indicating a potential downside of 11.37%. PROS has a consensus target price of $41.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.82%. Given Perficient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PROS is more favorable than Perficient.
Summary
Perficient beats PROS on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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