Agilysys (AGYS) Competitors

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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IONQ or AGYS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IonQ	$11.13 million	194.89	-$48.51 million	-$0.36	-29.97
Agilysys	$198.07 million	9.51	$14.58 million	$0.49	151.72

Do analysts prefer IONQ or AGYS?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IonQ	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Agilysys	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer IONQ or AGYS?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IonQ	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Agilysys	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IONQ or AGYS more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IonQ	-531.99%	-15.32%	-14.56%
Agilysys	7.36%	25.13%	11.73%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IONQ or AGYS?

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.

Which has more volatility & risk, IONQ or AGYS?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IONQ or AGYS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IonQ	Outperform Votes 6 35.29%	Underperform Votes 11 64.71%
Agilysys	Outperform Votes 293 63.56%	Underperform Votes 168 36.44%

Summary

Agilysys beats IonQ on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.