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CERT vs. GTLB, PATH, WAY, OS, CWAN, CCCS, S, QTWO, VERX, and VRNS

Should you be buying Certara stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Certara include GitLab (GTLB), UiPath (PATH), Waystar (WAY), OneStream (OS), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), SentinelOne (S), Q2 (QTWO), Vertex (VERX), and Varonis Systems (VRNS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Certara vs. Its Competitors

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

GitLab has a net margin of 2.17% compared to Certara's net margin of -0.67%. Certara's return on equity of 5.05% beat GitLab's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GitLab2.17% -4.07% -2.33%
Certara -0.67%5.05%3.44%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GitLab$759.25M9.82-$6.33M$0.10451.40
Certara$385.15M4.84-$12.05M-$0.02-574.50

GitLab has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Certara has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, GitLab had 17 more articles in the media than Certara. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for GitLab and 3 mentions for Certara. Certara's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat GitLab's score of 0.71 indicating that Certara is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GitLab
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Certara
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

GitLab presently has a consensus price target of $63.59, indicating a potential upside of 40.87%. Certara has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.35%. Given GitLab's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GitLab is more favorable than Certara.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GitLab
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Certara
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

95.0% of GitLab shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Certara shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of GitLab shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Certara shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GitLab beats Certara on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CERT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CERT vs. The Competition

MetricCertaraMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.87B$2.88B$5.54B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%5.39%4.10%
P/E Ratio-574.5021.3126.1719.90
Price / Sales4.84278.47414.67113.66
Price / Cash16.0141.4736.1356.90
Price / Book1.757.518.055.38
Net Income-$12.05M-$55.05M$3.15B$248.50M
7 Day Performance5.80%2.45%1.85%2.97%
1 Month Performance4.45%7.33%4.81%6.02%
1 Year Performance-15.89%5.38%34.86%20.39%

Certara Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CERT
Certara
4.3681 of 5 stars
$11.49
-0.3%
$15.67
+36.4%
-15.5%$1.87B$385.15M-574.501,546Positive News
GTLB
GitLab
3.5785 of 5 stars
$40.71
-0.1%
$63.59
+56.2%
-11.4%$6.73B$759.25M407.102,375Insider Trade
PATH
UiPath
1.7872 of 5 stars
$12.24
+0.5%
$13.83
+13.0%
-1.4%$6.55B$1.43B-101.994,010Insider Trade
WAY
Waystar
3.5919 of 5 stars
$37.75
+0.2%
$40.50
+7.3%
N/A$6.53B$943.55M419.491,500Analyst Forecast
OS
OneStream
3.0766 of 5 stars
$26.64
-4.1%
$32.19
+20.8%
N/A$6.36B$489.41M0.001,500
CWAN
Clearwater Analytics
4.7098 of 5 stars
$21.64
+1.7%
$32.00
+47.9%
+19.4%$6.13B$451.80M12.881,915Trending News
Insider Trade
CCCS
CCC Intelligent Solutions
4.3362 of 5 stars
$9.22
-1.3%
$12.06
+30.8%
-15.3%$6.08B$969.13M461.232,350Positive News
High Trading Volume
S
SentinelOne
3.8815 of 5 stars
$17.55
+1.0%
$24.83
+41.5%
-10.7%$5.84B$821.46M-13.302,800
QTWO
Q2
1.744 of 5 stars
$92.96
+5.0%
$100.41
+8.0%
+54.1%$5.79B$696.46M-265.602,477Positive News
VERX
Vertex
3.6175 of 5 stars
$34.99
+3.0%
$50.50
+44.3%
-1.0%$5.55B$666.78M-120.651,900High Trading Volume
VRNS
Varonis Systems
4.0819 of 5 stars
$49.44
+0.9%
$55.06
+11.4%
+5.3%$5.53B$550.95M-61.042,406Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CERT) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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