BASE vs. CRNC, GDYN, TUYA, EVBG, VTEX, DDD, WEAV, ENFN, MGIC, and SCWX
Should you be buying Couchbase stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Couchbase include Cerence (CRNC), Grid Dynamics (GDYN), Tuya (TUYA), Everbridge (EVBG), VTEX (VTEX), 3D Systems (DDD), Weave Communications (WEAV), Enfusion (ENFN), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), and SecureWorks (SCWX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Couchbase vs.
Couchbase (NASDAQ:BASE) and Cerence (NASDAQ:CRNC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
68.6% of Couchbase shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Cerence shares are held by institutional investors. 22.5% of Couchbase shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Cerence shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Couchbase has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerence has a beta of 2.53, indicating that its stock price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cerence received 50 more outperform votes than Couchbase when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.19% of users gave Cerence an outperform vote while only 39.02% of users gave Couchbase an outperform vote.
Couchbase has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cerence. Couchbase is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cerence, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Couchbase presently has a consensus price target of $20.78, suggesting a potential upside of 19.07%. Cerence has a consensus price target of $33.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.83%. Given Cerence's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cerence is more favorable than Couchbase.
Couchbase has a net margin of -46.14% compared to Cerence's net margin of -101.09%. Cerence's return on equity of -4.15% beat Couchbase's return on equity.
In the previous week, Couchbase had 12 more articles in the media than Cerence. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Couchbase and 0 mentions for Cerence. Cerence's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Couchbase's score of -0.72 indicating that Cerence is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cerence beats Couchbase on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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