AZPN vs. EPAM, VRSN, SOGO, PRFT, GLUU, FICO, MSTR, ANSS, TYL, and SSNC
Should you be buying Aspen Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Technology include EPAM Systems (EPAM), VeriSign (VRSN), Sogou (SOGO), Perficient (PRFT), Glu Mobile (GLUU), Fair Isaac (FICO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), and SS&C Technologies (SSNC).
Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) and EPAM Systems (NYSE:EPAM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Aspen Technology has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPAM Systems has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aspen Technology currently has a consensus price target of $219.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.77%. EPAM Systems has a consensus price target of $270.28, suggesting a potential upside of 28.06%. Given EPAM Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EPAM Systems is more favorable than Aspen Technology.
EPAM Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPAM Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EPAM Systems received 195 more outperform votes than Aspen Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.49% of users gave EPAM Systems an outperform vote while only 61.96% of users gave Aspen Technology an outperform vote.
EPAM Systems has a net margin of 9.28% compared to Aspen Technology's net margin of -2.46%. EPAM Systems' return on equity of 14.95% beat Aspen Technology's return on equity.
45.7% of Aspen Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Aspen Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of EPAM Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, EPAM Systems had 3 more articles in the media than Aspen Technology. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for EPAM Systems and 7 mentions for Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat EPAM Systems' score of 0.74 indicating that Aspen Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
EPAM Systems beats Aspen Technology on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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