COP vs. SOW, O1BC, AIXA, JEN, S92, RKET, RIB, ISR, COK, and ADV
Should you be buying CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA include Software Aktiengesellschaft (SOW), Xing (O1BC), Aixtron (AIXA), Jenusa De Valores Mobiliarios Sicav (JEN), SMA Solar Technology (S92), Rocket Internet (RKET), RIB Software (RIB), Isra Vision (ISR), Cancom (COK), and ADVA Optical Networking (ADV). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA vs.
Software Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:SOW) and CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA (ETR:COP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
47.3% of Software Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.1% of Software Aktiengesellschaft shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.3% of CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA shares are owned 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.
Software Aktiengesellschaft received 17 more outperform votes than CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.66% of users gave Software Aktiengesellschaft an outperform vote while only 54.74% of users gave CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA an outperform vote.
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Software Aktiengesellschaft's net margin of 0.23%. CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA's return on equity of 10.74% beat Software Aktiengesellschaft's return on equity.
In the previous week, Software Aktiengesellschaft had 1 more articles in the media than CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Software Aktiengesellschaft and 0 mentions for CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA. Software Aktiengesellschaft's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA's average media sentiment score.
Software Aktiengesellschaft pays an annual dividend of €0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA pays an annual dividend of €0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Software Aktiengesellschaft pays out 7.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Software Aktiengesellschaft has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA has higher revenue and earnings than Software Aktiengesellschaft. CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Software Aktiengesellschaft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA has a consensus target price of €57.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.20%. Given CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA is more favorable than Software Aktiengesellschaft.
Summary
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA beats Software Aktiengesellschaft on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding COP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of ETR and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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