ALTR vs. VERX, SAIL, VRNS, TENB, ACIW, FSLR, SWKS, LSCC, MTSI, and CRUS
Should you be buying Altair Engineering stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altair Engineering include Vertex (VERX), SailPoint Technologies (SAIL), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Tenable (TENB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), First Solar (FSLR), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS).
Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) and Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
59.1% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. 45.0% of Vertex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Altair Engineering has a net margin of 1.55% compared to Altair Engineering's net margin of 1.29%. Altair Engineering's return on equity of 18.67% beat Vertex's return on equity.
Altair Engineering has higher revenue and earnings than Vertex. Vertex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altair Engineering, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vertex has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vertex had 9 more articles in the media than Altair Engineering. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Vertex and 9 mentions for Altair Engineering. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Altair Engineering's score of 0.51 indicating that Altair Engineering is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Altair Engineering received 532 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.55% of users gave Altair Engineering an outperform vote while only 41.25% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.
Vertex presently has a consensus price target of $36.80, suggesting a potential downside of 5.35%. Altair Engineering has a consensus price target of $94.60, suggesting a potential upside of 7.90%. Given Vertex's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Altair Engineering is more favorable than Vertex.
Summary
Altair Engineering beats Vertex on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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