AGYS vs. IONQ, NTCT, VRNT, SLP, OSPN, EBIX, RBBN, SAIC, CACI, and LILA
Should you be buying Agilysys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Agilysys include IonQ (IONQ), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Verint Systems (VRNT), Simulations Plus (SLP), OneSpan (OSPN), Ebix (EBIX), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Science Applications International (SAIC), CACI International (CACI), and Liberty Latin America (LILA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Agilysys vs.
IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) and Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Agilysys has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agilysys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
IonQ currently has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential downside of 23.54%. Agilysys has a consensus price target of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Agilysys' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Agilysys is more favorable than IonQ.
In the previous week, IonQ had 1 more articles in the media than Agilysys. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IonQ and 5 mentions for Agilysys. Agilysys' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat IonQ's score of 0.04 indicating that Agilysys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Agilysys has a net margin of 7.36% compared to IonQ's net margin of -531.99%. Agilysys' return on equity of 25.13% beat IonQ's return on equity.
46.2% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Agilysys shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of IonQ shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Agilysys shares are owned 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.
IonQ has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Agilysys has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Agilysys received 287 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave Agilysys an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.
Summary
Agilysys beats IonQ on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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