SGE vs. AVV, AVST, FBT, SOPH, WISE, AUTO, RMV, SXS, CCC, and RSW
Should you be buying The Sage Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Sage Group include AVEVA Group (AVV), Avast (AVST), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF (FBT), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), Wise (WISE), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Rightmove (RMV), Spectris (SXS), Computacenter (CCC), and Renishaw (RSW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
The Sage Group vs.
The Sage Group (LON:SGE) and AVEVA Group (LON:AVV) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
The Sage Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. AVEVA Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.38 per share. The Sage Group pays out 6,923.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AVEVA Group pays out -1.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
69.7% of The Sage Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Sage Group shares are owned by 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.
The Sage Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 818.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.56%. AVEVA Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,904.33, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given AVEVA Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AVEVA Group is more favorable than The Sage Group.
In the previous week, The Sage Group had 5 more articles in the media than AVEVA Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Sage Group and 0 mentions for AVEVA Group. The Sage Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat AVEVA Group's score of 0.00 indicating that The Sage Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Sage Group's return on equity of 20.73% beat AVEVA Group's return on equity.
The Sage Group has higher revenue and earnings than AVEVA Group. AVEVA Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Sage Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Sage Group received 200 more outperform votes than AVEVA Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.25% of users gave AVEVA Group an outperform vote while only 44.75% of users gave The Sage Group an outperform vote.
Summary
The Sage Group beats AVEVA Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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