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CGNT vs. DV, WB, WRD, CXM, APPN, VNET, AVDX, BBAI, EVCM, and FORTY

Should you be buying Cognyte Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognyte Software include DoubleVerify (DV), Weibo (WB), WeRide (WRD), Sprinklr (CXM), Appian (APPN), VNET Group (VNET), AvidXchange (AVDX), BigBear.ai (BBAI), EverCommerce (EVCM), and Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Cognyte Software vs. Its Competitors

Cognyte Software (NASDAQ:CGNT) and DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

DoubleVerify has a net margin of 7.55% compared to Cognyte Software's net margin of -2.18%. DoubleVerify's return on equity of 4.73% beat Cognyte Software's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cognyte Software-2.18% -3.53% -1.56%
DoubleVerify 7.55%4.73%4.03%

DoubleVerify has a consensus price target of $18.92, suggesting a potential upside of 21.53%. Given DoubleVerify's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DoubleVerify is more favorable than Cognyte Software.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cognyte Software
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
DoubleVerify
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cognyte Software$350.63M1.90-$12.05M-$0.11-84.09
DoubleVerify$656.85M3.85$56.23M$0.2855.60

72.9% of Cognyte Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of DoubleVerify shares are held by institutional investors. 62.7% of Cognyte Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of DoubleVerify shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cognyte Software has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DoubleVerify has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, DoubleVerify had 20 more articles in the media than Cognyte Software. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for DoubleVerify and 2 mentions for Cognyte Software. DoubleVerify's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Cognyte Software's score of 0.00 indicating that DoubleVerify is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cognyte Software
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DoubleVerify
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

DoubleVerify beats Cognyte Software on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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CGNT vs. The Competition

MetricCognyte SoftwareINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$669.77M$18.40B$28.86B$9.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.77%3.00%3.99%
P/E Ratio-84.0976.4234.0619.95
Price / Sales1.9071.961,792.57102.72
Price / Cash217.1194.9738.6558.97
Price / Book3.078.737.825.90
Net Income-$12.05M$341.62M$781.95M$258.42M
7 Day Performance-0.96%2.12%1.29%1.94%
1 Month Performance-1.07%10.66%7.09%12.02%
1 Year Performance25.85%62.59%52,962.36%20.81%

Cognyte Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGNT
Cognyte Software
1.4951 of 5 stars
$9.25
-0.5%
N/A+21.9%$669.77M$350.63M-84.091,623News Coverage
DV
DoubleVerify
3.3443 of 5 stars
$14.92
+2.0%
$18.92
+26.8%
-22.8%$2.42B$656.85M53.28800
WB
Weibo
3.4796 of 5 stars
$9.78
+0.5%
$9.75
-0.3%
+36.6%$2.37B$1.75B7.094,982News Coverage
Positive News
WRD
WeRide
N/A$8.61
+0.8%
N/AN/A$2.29B$362.40M0.003,093
CXM
Sprinklr
3.656 of 5 stars
$8.66
+1.5%
$10.25
+18.4%
-5.5%$2.24B$805.94M21.113,589
APPN
Appian
3.0692 of 5 stars
$29.09
+1.4%
$36.29
+24.7%
-14.9%$2.16B$617.02M-35.052,033Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
VNET
VNET Group
2.3682 of 5 stars
$7.92
-0.4%
$9.30
+17.4%
+318.2%$2.13B$8.61B-792.002,581
AVDX
AvidXchange
2.5917 of 5 stars
$9.84
+0.1%
$10.30
+4.7%
-23.4%$2.03B$441.28M984.001,600Upcoming Earnings
BBAI
BigBear.ai
1.0785 of 5 stars
$6.93
+7.5%
$6.33
-8.5%
+411.8%$2.02B$159.87M-8.88660Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
EVCM
EverCommerce
1.454 of 5 stars
$10.72
+1.6%
$11.36
+6.0%
-3.5%$1.96B$703.19M-59.562,000News Coverage
Insider Trade
FORTY
Formula Systems (1985)
2.9302 of 5 stars
$126.34
-6.4%
N/A+48.1%$1.94B$2.76B24.2022,720News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CGNT) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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