AMSWA vs. BNFT, MGIC, WIMI, CYOU, ICLK, PRO, DMRC, SNCR, VHC, and SEAC
Should you be buying American Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Software include Benefitfocus (BNFT), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI), Changyou.Com (CYOU), iClick Interactive Asia Group (ICLK), PROS (PRO), Digimarc (DMRC), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), VirnetX (VHC), and SeaChange International (SEAC).
American Software (NASDAQ:AMSWA) and Benefitfocus (NASDAQ:BNFT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.
American Software has a net margin of 10.75% compared to Benefitfocus' net margin of -7.40%. American Software's return on equity of 8.90% beat Benefitfocus' return on equity.
American Software currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.08%. Given American Software's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Software is more favorable than Benefitfocus.
In the previous week, American Software had 3 more articles in the media than Benefitfocus. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for American Software and 0 mentions for Benefitfocus. American Software's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Benefitfocus' score of 0.10 indicating that American Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
77.0% of American Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Benefitfocus shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of American Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Benefitfocus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Software has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benefitfocus has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Benefitfocus. Benefitfocus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Benefitfocus received 35 more outperform votes than American Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.52% of users gave American Software an outperform vote while only 57.42% of users gave Benefitfocus an outperform vote.
Summary
American Software beats Benefitfocus on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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