NTCT vs. VRNT, IONQ, MDRX, SLP, AGYS, VIAV, RBBN, OSPN, EXTR, and BB
Should you be buying NetScout Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetScout Systems include Verint Systems (VRNT), IonQ (IONQ), Veradigm (MDRX), Simulations Plus (SLP), Agilysys (AGYS), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), OneSpan (OSPN), Extreme Networks (EXTR), and BlackBerry (BB).
Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) and NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Verint Systems presently has a consensus price target of $35.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.22%. NetScout Systems has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 37.55%. Given Verint Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NetScout Systems is more favorable than Verint Systems.
Verint Systems received 184 more outperform votes than NetScout Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.29% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 67.54% of users gave NetScout Systems an outperform vote.
NetScout Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Verint Systems. NetScout Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verint Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Verint Systems had 19 more articles in the media than NetScout Systems. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Verint Systems and 1 mentions for NetScout Systems. Verint Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat NetScout Systems' score of 0.58 indicating that NetScout Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.0% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Verint Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Verint Systems has a net margin of 2.59% compared to Verint Systems' net margin of -14.21%. NetScout Systems' return on equity of 15.56% beat Verint Systems' return on equity.
Verint Systems has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetScout Systems has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Verint Systems beats NetScout Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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