DBX vs. DSGX, APPF, GTLB, PCTY, GWRE, MNDY, DAY, BILL, U, and S
Should you be buying Dropbox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dropbox include The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), AppFolio (APPF), GitLab (GTLB), Paylocity (PCTY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), monday.com (MNDY), Dayforce (DAY), BILL (BILL), Unity Software (U), and SentinelOne (S). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Dropbox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dropbox had 7 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Dropbox and 8 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of 0.65 indicating that The Descartes Systems Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of 18.13%. Dropbox's return on equity of 9.80% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group presently has a consensus price target of $98.44, indicating a potential upside of 4.14%. Dropbox has a consensus price target of $29.78, indicating a potential upside of 26.66%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dropbox is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
The Descartes Systems Group received 136 more outperform votes than Dropbox when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.30% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 65.25% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Dropbox shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dropbox has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats Dropbox on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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