CGNT vs. MQ, APPN, CERT, PRCH, AVDX, FORTY, EVCM, CXM, DV, and KARO
Should you be buying Cognyte Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognyte Software include Marqeta (MQ), Appian (APPN), Certara (CERT), Porch Group (PRCH), AvidXchange (AVDX), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), EverCommerce (EVCM), Sprinklr (CXM), DoubleVerify (DV), and Karooooo (KARO). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Cognyte Software vs. Its Competitors
Cognyte Software (NASDAQ:CGNT) and Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) are both computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.
Cognyte Software has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marqeta has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cognyte Software has a net margin of -1.20% compared to Marqeta's net margin of -11.69%. Cognyte Software's return on equity of -2.05% beat Marqeta's return on equity.
Marqeta has higher revenue and earnings than Cognyte Software. Cognyte Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marqeta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cognyte Software and Cognyte Software both had 9 articles in the media. Cognyte Software's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Marqeta's score of 0.56 indicating that Cognyte Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
72.9% of Cognyte Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Marqeta shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Marqeta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cognyte Software currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 71.78%. Marqeta has a consensus target price of $5.84, suggesting a potential upside of 24.27%. Given Cognyte Software's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cognyte Software is more favorable than Marqeta.
Summary
Marqeta beats Cognyte Software on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:CGNT) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
