SYZ vs. ABST, DND, CMG, BLN, TCS, ESP, OSS, NCI, ILA, and MVP
Should you be buying Sylogist stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sylogist include Absolute Software (ABST), Dye & Durham (DND), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Blackline Safety (BLN), Tecsys (TCS), Brompton Energy Split (ESP), OneSoft Solutions (OSS), NTG Clarity Networks (NCI), iLOOKABOUT Corp. (ILA.V) (ILA), and MediaValet (MVP). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Sylogist vs. Its Competitors
Absolute Software (TSE:ABST) and Sylogist (TSE:SYZ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
Sylogist has a consensus price target of C$13.63, indicating a potential upside of 60.48%. Given Sylogist's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sylogist is more favorable than Absolute Software.
Sylogist has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Absolute Software. Absolute Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylogist, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sylogist has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Absolute Software's net margin of -11.61%. Sylogist's return on equity of 2.80% beat Absolute Software's return on equity.
Absolute Software has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylogist has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
82.0% of Absolute Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Sylogist shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Absolute Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Sylogist shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Absolute Software's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sylogist'saverage media sentiment score.
Absolute Software pays an annual dividend of C$0.32 per share. Sylogist pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Absolute Software pays out -48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sylogist pays out 88.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Sylogist beats Absolute Software on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SYZ) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff