DSGX vs. APPF, ZI, NEWR, FRSH, CYBR, WK, SMAR, MNDY, QLYS, and TENB
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include AppFolio (APPF), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), New Relic (NEWR), Freshworks (FRSH), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Workiva (WK), Smartsheet (SMAR), monday.com (MNDY), Qualys (QLYS), and Tenable (TENB). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
The Descartes Systems Group vs.
The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) and AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
The Descartes Systems Group has higher revenue and earnings than AppFolio. AppFolio 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.
The Descartes Systems Group currently has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. AppFolio has a consensus price target of $213.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.99%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe The Descartes Systems Group is more favorable than AppFolio.
In the previous week, AppFolio had 7 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AppFolio and 0 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. AppFolio's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of 0.00 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 21.60% compared to AppFolio's net margin of -14.63%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 10.22% beat AppFolio's return on equity.
76.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of AppFolio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Descartes Systems Group received 202 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.28% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats AppFolio on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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