Pegasystems (PEGA) Competitors

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) and ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PEGA or ANSS?

Pegasystems received 92 more outperform votes than ANSYS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 53.56% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pegasystems	Outperform Votes 506 60.45%	Underperform Votes 331 39.55%
ANSYS	Outperform Votes 414 53.56%	Underperform Votes 359 46.44%

Is PEGA or ANSS more profitable?

ANSYS has a net margin of 22.62% compared to Pegasystems' net margin of 6.63%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 32.09% beat ANSYS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pegasystems	6.63%	32.09%	9.45%
ANSYS	22.62%	12.69%	9.65%

Which has more risk and volatility, PEGA or ANSS?

Pegasystems has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ANSYS has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PEGA or ANSS?

Pegasystems presently has a consensus target price of $100.27, suggesting a potential downside of 2.92%. ANSYS has a consensus target price of $352.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.88%. Given ANSYS's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ANSYS is more favorable than Pegasystems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pegasystems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
ANSYS	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PEGA or ANSS?

ANSYS has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. Pegasystems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANSYS, 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
Pegasystems	$1.64B	5.38	$99.19M	$2.06	50.14
ANSYS	$2.58B	11.78	$575.69M	$6.74	51.34

Does the media favor PEGA or ANSS?

In the previous week, ANSYS had 7 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for ANSYS and 16 mentions for Pegasystems. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Pegasystems' score of 0.70 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pegasystems	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ANSYS	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PEGA or ANSS?

46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of ANSYS shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.7% of Pegasystems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of ANSYS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ANSYS beats Pegasystems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.