CRNC vs. LAW, DDD, CGNT, BAND, SCWX, BBAI, BLZE, MGIC, AMSWA, and MIXT
Should you be buying Cerence stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cerence include CS Disco (LAW), 3D Systems (DDD), Cognyte Software (CGNT), Bandwidth (BAND), SecureWorks (SCWX), BigBear.ai (BBAI), Backblaze (BLZE), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), American Software (AMSWA), and MiX Telematics (MIXT). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
CS Disco (NYSE:LAW) and Cerence (NASDAQ:CRNC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
58.1% of CS Disco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of Cerence shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.3% of CS Disco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Cerence shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CS Disco had 1 more articles in the media than Cerence. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CS Disco and 2 mentions for Cerence. Cerence's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat CS Disco's score of 0.50 indicating that CS Disco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CS Disco currently has a consensus target price of $10.31, suggesting a potential upside of 34.80%. Cerence has a consensus target price of $20.83, suggesting a potential upside of 101.29%. Given CS Disco's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cerence is more favorable than CS Disco.
Cerence received 45 more outperform votes than CS Disco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.14% of users gave Cerence an outperform vote while only 48.24% of users gave CS Disco an outperform vote.
CS Disco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cerence. Cerence is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CS Disco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CS Disco has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cerence has a beta of 2.46, suggesting that its stock price is 146% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cerence has a net margin of -8.66% compared to Cerence's net margin of -30.52%. CS Disco's return on equity of 2.53% beat Cerence's return on equity.
Summary
CS Disco and Cerence tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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