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Certara (CERT) Competitors

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CERT vs. LNW, PONY, KD, CFLT, SOUN, WAY, VRNS, S, PATH, and GLBE

Should you be buying Certara stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Certara include Light & Wonder (LNW), Pony AI (PONY), Kyndryl (KD), Confluent (CFLT), SoundHound AI (SOUN), Waystar (WAY), Varonis Systems (VRNS), SentinelOne (S), UiPath (PATH), and Global-e Online (GLBE). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Certara vs. Its Competitors

Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) and Certara (NASDAQ:CERT) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Light & Wonder has higher revenue and earnings than Certara. Light & Wonder is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Certara, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Light & Wonder$3.20B2.28$336M$3.9621.92
Certara$385.15M4.90-$12.05M$0.05235.22

Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Certara has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Light & Wonder had 4 more articles in the media than Certara. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Light & Wonder and 1 mentions for Certara. Light & Wonder's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Certara's score of 0.05 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Light & Wonder
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Certara
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Light & Wonder presently has a consensus price target of $105.88, suggesting a potential upside of 21.97%. Certara has a consensus price target of $15.14, suggesting a potential upside of 28.75%. Given Certara's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Certara is more favorable than Light & Wonder.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Light & Wonder
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Certara
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Light & Wonder has a net margin of 10.89% compared to Certara's net margin of 1.97%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 71.17% beat Certara's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Light & Wonder10.89% 71.17% 8.73%
Certara 1.97%5.11%3.50%

88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Certara shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Certara shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Light & Wonder beats Certara on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CERT vs. The Competition

MetricCertaraMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.89B$3.13B$5.72B$10.40B
Dividend YieldN/A2.36%5.53%4.58%
P/E Ratio235.4521.0076.4326.62
Price / Sales4.90255.87472.7192.34
Price / Cash16.2246.3537.4661.85
Price / Book1.799.8013.276.45
Net Income-$12.05M-$52.73M$3.29B$271.39M
7 Day Performance2.18%4.70%2.60%3.06%
1 Month Performance2.54%6.23%4.65%7.62%
1 Year Performance9.92%18.77%74.34%30.20%

Certara Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CERT
Certara
4.5268 of 5 stars
$11.76
+1.4%
$15.14
+28.8%
+6.8%$1.89B$385.15M235.451,546
LNW
Light & Wonder
4.2652 of 5 stars
$87.95
+0.8%
$104.11
+18.4%
-22.5%$7.33B$3.19B22.216,800Positive News
PONY
Pony AI
1.184 of 5 stars
$20.56
-0.7%
$19.40
-5.6%
N/A$7.25B$75.03M0.001,460Gap Up
High Trading Volume
KD
Kyndryl
3.6473 of 5 stars
$31.60
+0.8%
$46.00
+45.6%
+33.7%$7.25B$15.06B26.1173,000Positive News
CFLT
Confluent
3.4563 of 5 stars
$20.22
+0.8%
$27.36
+35.3%
+1.0%$6.91B$963.64M-21.513,060Positive News
SOUN
SoundHound AI
1.277 of 5 stars
$17.31
+6.5%
$14.36
-17.1%
+269.9%$6.62B$84.69M-27.48200Trending News
Gap Up
WAY
Waystar
4.4294 of 5 stars
$37.70
-0.3%
$45.14
+19.7%
+38.2%$6.59B$943.55M78.541,500
VRNS
Varonis Systems
3.9245 of 5 stars
$59.83
+3.0%
$61.65
+3.0%
+3.9%$6.51B$550.95M-65.032,406Positive News
Analyst Forecast
S
SentinelOne
3.425 of 5 stars
$19.21
+0.5%
$24.26
+26.3%
-23.9%$6.37B$821.46M-14.552,800
PATH
UiPath
2.3115 of 5 stars
$13.16
+10.8%
$13.18
+0.2%
-2.7%$6.30B$1.43B438.503,868Insider Trade
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
GLBE
Global-e Online
3.5475 of 5 stars
$37.65
+2.2%
$48.33
+28.4%
-2.9%$6.25B$752.76M-221.471,084Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CERT) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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