CVLT vs. INST, AI, QLYS, PRGS, BLKB, WK, CWAN, FROG, BOX, and VERX
Should you be buying Commvault Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Commvault Systems include Instructure (INST), C3.ai (AI), Qualys (QLYS), Progress Software (PRGS), Blackbaud (BLKB), Workiva (WK), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), JFrog (FROG), BOX (BOX), and Vertex (VERX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Instructure (NYSE:INST) and Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Commvault Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Instructure. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Commvault Systems and 2 mentions for Instructure. Commvault Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Instructure'saverage media sentiment score.
Instructure has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.1% of Instructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Instructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Commvault Systems received 159 more outperform votes than Instructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave Instructure an outperform vote while only 64.53% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote.
Instructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Commvault Systems. Commvault Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Instructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Commvault Systems has a net margin of -0.09% compared to Commvault Systems' net margin of -6.43%. Instructure's return on equity of 32.27% beat Commvault Systems' return on equity.
Instructure currently has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.01%. Commvault Systems has a consensus price target of $85.60, suggesting a potential downside of 11.83%. Given Commvault Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Instructure is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
Summary
Commvault Systems beats Instructure on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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