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Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) Competitors

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$143.30 -3.52 (-2.40%)
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FORTY vs. NICE, ESTC, PCTY, NTSK, DSGX, MTCH, WIX, DBX, PONY, and SRAD

Should you be buying Formula Systems (1985) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Formula Systems (1985) include Nice (NICE), Elastic (ESTC), Paylocity (PCTY), Netskope (NTSK), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), Match Group (MTCH), Wix.com (WIX), Dropbox (DBX), Pony AI (PONY), and Sportradar Group (SRAD). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Formula Systems (1985) vs. Its Competitors

Nice (NASDAQ:NICE) and Formula Systems (1985) (NASDAQ:FORTY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Nice has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Formula Systems (1985). Nice is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Formula Systems (1985), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nice$2.74B3.02$442.59M$8.3715.62
Formula Systems (1985)$2.76B0.80$79.67M$4.9728.83

Nice has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Formula Systems (1985) has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

63.3% of Nice shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nice shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Formula Systems (1985) 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.

In the previous week, Nice had 14 more articles in the media than Formula Systems (1985). MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Nice and 9 mentions for Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985)'s average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Nice's score of 0.59 indicating that Formula Systems (1985) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nice
7 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Formula Systems (1985)
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nice has a net margin of 18.92% compared to Formula Systems (1985)'s net margin of 2.70%. Nice's return on equity of 17.43% beat Formula Systems (1985)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nice18.92% 17.43% 11.95%
Formula Systems (1985) 2.70%5.58%2.58%

Nice presently has a consensus target price of $201.25, indicating a potential upside of 53.95%. Given Nice's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nice is more favorable than Formula Systems (1985).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nice
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Formula Systems (1985)
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Nice beats Formula Systems (1985) on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FORTY vs. The Competition

MetricFormula Systems (1985)COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.20B$5.30B$31.96B$10.34B
Dividend Yield0.90%1.69%3.23%4.82%
P/E Ratio28.83134.06482.8826.75
Price / Sales0.804.621,616.56130.97
Price / Cash11.5326.8134.3030.18
Price / Book1.586.477.596.64
Net Income$79.67M$238.10M$819.71M$276.55M
7 Day Performance3.09%-2.06%-0.51%-0.93%
1 Month Performance-1.10%0.54%5.99%6.04%
1 Year Performance83.95%33.37%23,876.69%40.02%

Formula Systems (1985) Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FORTY
Formula Systems (1985)
1.4685 of 5 stars
$143.30
-2.4%
N/A+101.5%$2.20B$2.76B28.8322,720
NICE
Nice
4.1965 of 5 stars
$134.56
-2.5%
$205.25
+52.5%
-22.8%$8.52B$2.74B16.108,726Analyst Forecast
ESTC
Elastic
3.2264 of 5 stars
$80.01
-4.8%
$118.60
+48.2%
+2.2%$8.49B$1.55B-99.903,537Analyst Upgrade
Buyback Announcement
PCTY
Paylocity
4.9032 of 5 stars
$152.40
-2.6%
$221.59
+45.4%
-7.8%$8.41B$1.60B38.006,700
NTSK
Netskope
N/A$21.67
-2.1%
N/AN/A$8.28BN/A0.002,910Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DSGX
The Descartes Systems Group
4.4454 of 5 stars
$95.13
+0.5%
$121.80
+28.0%
-7.3%$8.17B$651M56.252,524
MTCH
Match Group
4.9723 of 5 stars
$33.35
-1.9%
$35.44
+6.3%
-14.8%$8.02B$3.45B16.412,510
WIX
Wix.com
4.6183 of 5 stars
$139.91
-4.3%
$215.37
+53.9%
-18.8%$7.86B$1.76B49.884,568Analyst Upgrade
DBX
Dropbox
3.1877 of 5 stars
$28.93
-1.4%
$29.67
+2.6%
+10.7%$7.80B$2.53B17.632,204Positive News
PONY
Pony AI
1.4828 of 5 stars
$21.78
-7.0%
$19.40
-10.9%
N/A$7.63B$75.03M0.001,460Trending News
SRAD
Sportradar Group
3.828 of 5 stars
$25.13
-1.8%
$31.88
+26.9%
+103.0%$7.54B$1.20B69.954,582

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