DSGX vs. APPF, DBX, GTLB, BILL, PCTY, GWRE, S, MNDY, DAY, and U
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), Dropbox (DBX), GitLab (GTLB), BILL (BILL), Paylocity (PCTY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), SentinelOne (S), monday.com (MNDY), Dayforce (DAY), and Unity Software (U). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) and AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, AppFolio had 21 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for AppFolio and 6 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. AppFolio's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of 0.40 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of AppFolio shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to AppFolio's net margin of 0.44%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 9.80% beat AppFolio's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Descartes Systems Group presently has a consensus target price of $98.44, suggesting a potential upside of 4.46%. AppFolio has a consensus target price of $241.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.72%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe The Descartes Systems Group is more favorable than AppFolio.
The Descartes Systems Group received 209 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.25% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote while only 55.98% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.
The Descartes Systems Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AppFolio. The Descartes Systems Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats AppFolio on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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