GDYN vs. WEAV, WKME, KC, MGIC, MOMO, SCWX, CGNT, LAW, CRNC, and DDD
Should you be buying Grid Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grid Dynamics include Weave Communications (WEAV), WalkMe (WKME), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), Hello Group (MOMO), SecureWorks (SCWX), Cognyte Software (CGNT), CS Disco (LAW), Cerence (CRNC), and 3D Systems (DDD). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) and Weave Communications (NYSE:WEAV) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Grid Dynamics has a net margin of -0.56% compared to Weave Communications' net margin of -18.20%. Grid Dynamics' return on equity of 6.77% beat Weave Communications' return on equity.
Grid Dynamics has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weave Communications has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.
71.2% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Weave Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Grid Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.9% of Weave Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Grid Dynamics had 2 more articles in the media than Weave Communications. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Grid Dynamics and 2 mentions for Weave Communications. Grid Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Weave Communications' score of 0.45 indicating that Grid Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Grid Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Weave Communications. Grid Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weave Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Grid Dynamics currently has a consensus target price of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 51.15%. Weave Communications has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.90%. Given Grid Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Grid Dynamics is more favorable than Weave Communications.
Grid Dynamics received 40 more outperform votes than Weave Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.51% of users gave Grid Dynamics an outperform vote while only 44.74% of users gave Weave Communications an outperform vote.
Summary
Grid Dynamics beats Weave Communications on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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