CGNT vs. GTM, KC, COMP, ZETA, NCNO, ALKT, ALRM, IAC, WRD, and DOCN
Should you be buying Cognyte Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognyte Software include Zoominfo Technologies (GTM), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Compass (COMP), Zeta Global (ZETA), nCino (NCNO), Alkami Technology (ALKT), Alarm.com (ALRM), IAC (IAC), WeRide (WRD), and DigitalOcean (DOCN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Cognyte Software vs. Its Competitors
Cognyte Software (NASDAQ:CGNT) and Zoominfo Technologies (NASDAQ:GTM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Zoominfo Technologies has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Cognyte Software's net margin of -3.95%. Zoominfo Technologies' return on equity of 0.00% beat Cognyte Software's return on equity.
Cognyte Software presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.05%. Zoominfo Technologies has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.48%. Given Zoominfo Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Zoominfo Technologies is more favorable than Cognyte Software.
72.9% of Cognyte Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Zoominfo Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.7% of Cognyte Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Zoominfo Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognyte Software has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zoominfo Technologies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cognyte Software had 4 more articles in the media than Zoominfo Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cognyte Software and 8 mentions for Zoominfo Technologies. Cognyte Software's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Zoominfo Technologies' score of 0.45 indicating that Cognyte Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cognyte Software received 216 more outperform votes than Zoominfo Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Zoominfo Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.19% of users gave Cognyte Software an outperform vote.
Zoominfo Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Cognyte Software. Cognyte Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zoominfo Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Zoominfo Technologies beats Cognyte Software on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CGNT) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
