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ALRM vs. DAY, AUR, PCOR, TTAN, APPF, BZ, KVYO, PCTY, MNDY, and DSGX

Should you be buying Alarm.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alarm.com include Dayforce (DAY), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Procore Technologies (PCOR), ServiceTitan (TTAN), AppFolio (APPF), KANZHUN (BZ), Klaviyo (KVYO), Paylocity (PCTY), monday.com (MNDY), and The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Alarm.com vs. Its Competitors

Dayforce (NYSE:DAY) and Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

91.7% of Alarm.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Dayforce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Alarm.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alarm.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dayforce. Alarm.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dayforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dayforce$1.85B5.95$18.10M$0.30230.05
Alarm.com$939.83M2.96$124.12M$2.3823.39

Dayforce presently has a consensus target price of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 3.50%. Alarm.com has a consensus target price of $64.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.54%. Given Alarm.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alarm.com is more favorable than Dayforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Dayforce
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Alarm.com
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Dayforce has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alarm.com has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Dayforce had 8 more articles in the media than Alarm.com. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Dayforce and 10 mentions for Alarm.com. Alarm.com's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Dayforce's score of 1.49 indicating that Alarm.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dayforce
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alarm.com
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Alarm.com has a net margin of 13.27% compared to Dayforce's net margin of 2.65%. Alarm.com's return on equity of 13.84% beat Dayforce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dayforce2.65% 7.37% 2.17%
Alarm.com 13.27%13.84%5.03%

Summary

Alarm.com beats Dayforce on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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ALRM vs. The Competition

MetricAlarm.comPROTECTION IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.82B$3.49B$7.81B$10.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.79%4.56%4.60%
P/E Ratio23.3922.02315.9925.98
Price / Sales2.965.44217.24181.13
Price / Cash19.6478.0628.9160.44
Price / Book3.7912.354.616.29
Net Income$124.12M$109.95M$798.53M$271.07M
7 Day Performance-2.23%4.32%0.97%3.87%
1 Month Performance-3.18%2.43%0.86%4.88%
1 Year Performance0.78%43.94%26.73%26.12%

Alarm.com Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ALRM
Alarm.com
4.2533 of 5 stars
$55.68
-1.6%
$64.33
+15.5%
+3.1%$2.82B$939.83M23.392,010Positive News
DAY
Dayforce
3.687 of 5 stars
$69.30
+0.4%
$71.43
+3.1%
+17.4%$11.02B$1.76B230.999,600Positive News
Short Interest ↓
AUR
Aurora Innovation
1.8403 of 5 stars
$5.76
+0.5%
$10.75
+86.6%
+17.4%$10.57B$68M-12.261,800Positive News
PCOR
Procore Technologies
3.7086 of 5 stars
$70.95
+1.2%
$83.06
+17.1%
+22.0%$10.53B$1.15B-73.904,203News Coverage
Positive News
TTAN
ServiceTitan
2.8514 of 5 stars
$119.02
+4.4%
$130.00
+9.2%
N/A$10.34B$771.88M-22.043,049News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
APPF
AppFolio
3.6661 of 5 stars
$286.46
+0.6%
$311.80
+8.8%
+23.1%$10.21B$794.20M51.711,634Insider Trade
BZ
KANZHUN
2.6247 of 5 stars
$23.94
-0.2%
$21.17
-11.6%
+102.5%$9.84B$1.01B35.735,688Positive News
KVYO
Klaviyo
4.1419 of 5 stars
$33.14
+2.9%
$43.65
+31.7%
-1.0%$9.66B$937.46M-132.542,182News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
PCTY
Paylocity
4.9916 of 5 stars
$173.01
-0.8%
$222.71
+28.7%
+9.1%$9.62B$1.60B43.146,700News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
MNDY
monday.com
4.4477 of 5 stars
$190.68
+2.7%
$303.59
+59.2%
-25.9%$9.43B$971.99M257.682,508Positive News
Short Interest ↑
DSGX
The Descartes Systems Group
3.8746 of 5 stars
$107.44
-0.3%
$123.60
+15.0%
+6.5%$9.26B$651M63.572,524Short Interest ↓

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