Alarm.com (ALRM) Competitors

Doximity (NASDAQ:DOCS) and Alarm.com (NASDAQ:ALRM) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is DOCS or ALRM more profitable?

Doximity has a net margin of 36.60% compared to Alarm.com's net margin of 13.21%. Doximity's return on equity of 21.75% beat Alarm.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Doximity	36.60%	21.75%	18.64%
Alarm.com	13.21%	13.55%	5.14%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DOCS or ALRM?

Alarm.com received 359 more outperform votes than Doximity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.46% of users gave Alarm.com an outperform vote while only 39.63% of users gave Doximity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Doximity	Outperform Votes 65 39.63%	Underperform Votes 99 60.37%
Alarm.com	Outperform Votes 424 66.46%	Underperform Votes 214 33.54%

Which has more volatility & risk, DOCS or ALRM?

Doximity has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alarm.com has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DOCS or ALRM?

87.2% of Doximity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Alarm.com shares are held by institutional investors. 37.4% of Doximity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of Alarm.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DOCS or ALRM?

Doximity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alarm.com. Alarm.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Doximity, 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
Doximity	$550.17M	19.28	$147.58M	$1.00	56.81
Alarm.com	$939.83M	2.84	$124.12M	$2.29	23.41

Do analysts recommend DOCS or ALRM?

Doximity presently has a consensus price target of $65.39, suggesting a potential upside of 15.10%. Alarm.com has a consensus price target of $61.20, suggesting a potential upside of 14.18%. Given Doximity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Doximity is more favorable than Alarm.com.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Doximity	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Alarm.com	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media prefer DOCS or ALRM?

In the previous week, Doximity had 7 more articles in the media than Alarm.com. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Doximity and 10 mentions for Alarm.com. Alarm.com's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Doximity's score of 1.19 indicating that Alarm.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Doximity	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alarm.com	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Doximity beats Alarm.com on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.