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CERT vs. WAY, PATH, BZ, PSN, OS, CWAN, VERX, PONY, CCCS, and S

Should you be buying Certara stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Certara include Waystar (WAY), UiPath (PATH), Kanzhun (BZ), Parsons (PSN), Onestream (OS), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Vertex (VERX), Pony AI (PONY), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), and SentinelOne (S). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Certara vs.

Certara (NASDAQ:CERT) and Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Certara$394.50M4.93-$55.36M-$0.02-599.50
Waystar$975.19M7.21-$51.33M$0.09451.44

In the previous week, Waystar had 14 more articles in the media than Certara. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Waystar and 4 mentions for Certara. Certara's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Waystar's score of 0.66 indicating that Certara is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Certara
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Waystar
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Certara presently has a consensus target price of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.66%. Waystar has a consensus target price of $40.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.32%. Given Certara's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Certara is more favorable than Waystar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Certara
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Waystar
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

74.0% of Certara shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Certara shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Waystar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Waystar received 4 more outperform votes than Certara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 96.97% of users gave Waystar an outperform vote while only 34.57% of users gave Certara an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CertaraOutperform Votes
28
34.57%
Underperform Votes
53
65.43%
WaystarOutperform Votes
32
96.97%
Underperform Votes
1
3.03%

Waystar has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Certara's net margin of -8.34%. Certara's return on equity of 3.43% beat Waystar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Certara-8.34% 3.43% 2.33%
Waystar N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Waystar beats Certara on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CERT vs. The Competition

MetricCertaraPrepackaged software IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.95B$27.42B$5.57B$8.66B
Dividend YieldN/A1.60%5.27%4.19%
P/E Ratio-59.95120.0727.2020.17
Price / Sales4.9315.96412.92161.90
Price / Cash14.3286.0638.2534.64
Price / Book1.839.667.114.72
Net Income-$55.36M$438.27M$3.23B$247.80M
7 Day Performance4.62%1.33%4.61%3.36%
1 Month Performance0.08%9.06%13.35%9.71%
1 Year Performance-24.02%33.45%31.75%14.41%

Certara Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CERT
Certara
4.5061 of 5 stars
$11.99
+1.9%
$15.67
+30.7%
-30.7%$1.95B$394.50M-59.95350Positive News
WAY
Waystar
1.3079 of 5 stars
$39.77
-0.5%
$40.50
+1.8%
N/A$6.88B$975.19M441.891,400
PATH
UiPath
1.7921 of 5 stars
$12.47
-6.3%
$13.72
+10.0%
+9.3%$6.88B$1.45B-77.934,010Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
BZ
Kanzhun
2.4732 of 5 stars
$17.65
+4.1%
$18.50
+4.8%
-12.2%$6.87B$7.58B39.224,840Positive News
PSN
Parsons
2.5733 of 5 stars
$63.31
-2.4%
$90.20
+42.5%
-6.6%$6.77B$6.77B83.306,180Trending News
OS
Onestream
3.5564 of 5 stars
$28.06
flat
$32.19
+14.7%
N/A$6.70B$515.43M0.001,300
CWAN
Clearwater Analytics
3.9576 of 5 stars
$22.80
-1.3%
$32.40
+42.1%
+20.3%$6.46B$475.95M13.731,730Positive News
VERX
Vertex
3.597 of 5 stars
$39.86
+0.7%
$50.73
+27.3%
+18.6%$6.32B$687.06M221.441,300Positive News
Gap Down
PONY
Pony AI
N/A$17.45
-9.4%
$19.20
+10.0%
N/A$6.11B$76.48M0.001,359High Trading Volume
CCCS
CCC Intelligent Solutions
4.4921 of 5 stars
$8.86
+0.9%
$12.19
+37.6%
-21.3%$5.84B$969.13M443.222,350Positive News
High Trading Volume
S
SentinelOne
3.6196 of 5 stars
$17.24
-2.1%
$24.77
+43.6%
+5.5%$5.68B$864.14M-18.341,200Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:CERT) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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