Karooooo (KARO) Competitors

Karooooo (NASDAQ:KARO) and Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KARO or VRNS?

95.7% of Varonis Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 74.7% of Karooooo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Varonis Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KARO or VRNS more profitable?

Karooooo has a net margin of 19.87% compared to Varonis Systems' net margin of -17.38%. Karooooo's return on equity of 30.29% beat Varonis Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Karooooo	19.87%	30.29%	19.88%
Varonis Systems	-17.38%	-20.35%	-6.85%

Do analysts rate KARO or VRNS?

Karooooo presently has a consensus target price of $47.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.17%. Varonis Systems has a consensus target price of $55.06, suggesting a potential upside of 18.88%. Given Varonis Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Varonis Systems is more favorable than Karooooo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Karooooo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Varonis Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Which has better valuation and earnings, KARO or VRNS?

Karooooo has higher revenue and earnings than Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Karooooo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Karooooo	$4.57B	0.36	$39.57M	$1.64	32.60
Varonis Systems	$573.35M	9.04	-$95.76M	-$0.81	-57.17

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KARO or VRNS?

Varonis Systems received 860 more outperform votes than Karooooo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.50% of users gave Varonis Systems an outperform vote while only 70.21% of users gave Karooooo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Karooooo	Outperform Votes 33 70.21%	Underperform Votes 14 29.79%
Varonis Systems	Outperform Votes 893 73.50%	Underperform Votes 322 26.50%

Which has more volatility and risk, KARO or VRNS?

Karooooo has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Varonis Systems has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer KARO or VRNS?

In the previous week, Karooooo had 3 more articles in the media than Varonis Systems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Karooooo and 15 mentions for Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Karooooo's score of 0.78 indicating that Varonis Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Karooooo	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Varonis Systems	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Karooooo beats Varonis Systems on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.