YEXT vs. PGRU, TIXT, GB, IBEX, GSMG, STER, RAMP, EVTC, REAX, and RILY
Should you be buying Yext stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Yext include PropertyGuru Group (PGRU), TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Global Blue Group (GB), IBEX (IBEX), Glory Star New Media Group (GSMG), Sterling Check (STER), LiveRamp (RAMP), EVERTEC (EVTC), Real Brokerage (REAX), and B. Riley Financial (RILY). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Yext (NYSE:YEXT) and PropertyGuru Group (NYSE:PGRU) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Yext has higher revenue and earnings than PropertyGuru Group. Yext is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PropertyGuru Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yext has a net margin of -0.65% compared to PropertyGuru Group's net margin of -10.21%. PropertyGuru Group's return on equity of -1.76% beat Yext's return on equity.
Yext received 392 more outperform votes than PropertyGuru Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave PropertyGuru Group an outperform vote while only 66.95% of users gave Yext an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PropertyGuru Group had 1 more articles in the media than Yext. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for PropertyGuru Group and 2 mentions for Yext. Yext's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat PropertyGuru Group's score of 0.21 indicating that Yext is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Yext currently has a consensus target price of $11.20, suggesting a potential upside of 102.53%. PropertyGuru Group has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 85.19%. Given Yext's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Yext is more favorable than PropertyGuru Group.
71.0% of Yext shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of PropertyGuru Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Yext shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of PropertyGuru Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Yext has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PropertyGuru Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Yext beats PropertyGuru Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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