NTCT vs. INFA, ACIW, SWI, BLKB, PLUS, SPNS, VRNT, PRO, DMRC, and SNCR
Should you be buying NetScout Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetScout Systems include Informatica (INFA), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SolarWinds (SWI), Blackbaud (BLKB), ePlus (PLUS), Sapiens International (SPNS), Verint Systems (VRNT), PROS (PRO), Digimarc (DMRC), and Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
NetScout Systems vs.
Informatica (NYSE:INFA) and NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
NetScout Systems received 136 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.48% of users gave NetScout Systems an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
Informatica has a net margin of 0.61% compared to NetScout Systems' net margin of -50.90%. NetScout Systems' return on equity of 6.76% beat Informatica's return on equity.
98.4% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of Informatica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Informatica had 12 more articles in the media than NetScout Systems. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Informatica and 11 mentions for NetScout Systems. NetScout Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Informatica's score of 0.66 indicating that NetScout Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Informatica has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetScout Systems has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Informatica has higher revenue and earnings than NetScout Systems. NetScout Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informatica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Informatica currently has a consensus price target of $23.69, indicating a potential upside of 23.59%. NetScout Systems has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.07%. Given Informatica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Informatica is more favorable than NetScout Systems.
Summary
Informatica beats NetScout Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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