ALRM vs. IONQ, NICE, PCOR, PCTY, KVYO, TTAN, KD, AUR, WIX, and DAY
Should you be buying Alarm.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alarm.com include IonQ (IONQ), Nice (NICE), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Paylocity (PCTY), Klaviyo (KVYO), ServiceTitan (TTAN), Kyndryl (KD), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Wix.com (WIX), and Dayforce (DAY). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Alarm.com vs. Its Competitors
Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) and IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Alarm.com has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IonQ has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, IonQ had 31 more articles in the media than Alarm.com. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for IonQ and 8 mentions for Alarm.com. IonQ's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Alarm.com's score of -0.05 indicating that IonQ is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alarm.com presently has a consensus target price of $64.33, suggesting a potential upside of 11.52%. IonQ has a consensus target price of $40.71, suggesting a potential downside of 7.34%. Given Alarm.com's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alarm.com is more favorable than IonQ.
Alarm.com has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alarm.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alarm.com has a net margin of 13.45% compared to IonQ's net margin of -753.20%. Alarm.com's return on equity of 14.04% beat IonQ's return on equity.
91.7% of Alarm.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Alarm.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of IonQ 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.
Summary
Alarm.com beats IonQ 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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This page (NASDAQ:ALRM) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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