AGYS vs. ARW, NSIT, CNXN, SCSC, RELL, SNX, PSN, KD, LNW, and OTEX
Should you be buying Agilysys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilysys include Arrow Electronics (ARW), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), PC Connection (CNXN), ScanSource (SCSC), Richardson Electronics (RELL), TD SYNNEX (SNX), Parsons (PSN), Kyndryl (KD), Light & Wonder (LNW), and Open Text (OTEX).
Agilysys vs.
Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW) and Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Arrow Electronics had 7 more articles in the media than Agilysys. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Arrow Electronics and 12 mentions for Agilysys. Arrow Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Agilysys' score of 0.54 indicating that Arrow Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Arrow Electronics has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilysys has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
99.3% of Arrow Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Agilysys shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Arrow Electronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Agilysys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Arrow Electronics received 105 more outperform votes than Agilysys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.15% of users gave Arrow Electronics an outperform vote while only 63.98% of users gave Agilysys an outperform vote.
Arrow Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Agilysys. Arrow Electronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agilysys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Agilysys has a net margin of 8.45% compared to Arrow Electronics' net margin of 1.40%. Arrow Electronics' return on equity of 9.69% beat Agilysys' return on equity.
Arrow Electronics presently has a consensus price target of $121.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.68%. Agilysys has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 62.27%. Given Agilysys' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Agilysys is more favorable than Arrow Electronics.
Summary
Arrow Electronics beats Agilysys on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AGYS) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff