Pegasystems (PEGA) Competitors

CoreLogic (NYSE:CLGX) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend CLGX or PEGA?

Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $79.86, suggesting a potential upside of 19.40%. Given CoreLogic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pegasystems is more favorable than CoreLogic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoreLogic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Pegasystems	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CLGX or PEGA more profitable?

CoreLogic has a net margin of 17.79% compared to CoreLogic's net margin of 8.72%. CoreLogic's return on equity of 54.99% beat Pegasystems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoreLogic	17.79%	38.78%	8.14%
Pegasystems	8.72%	54.99%	11.81%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLGX or PEGA?

CoreLogic received 92 more outperform votes than Pegasystems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.95% of users gave CoreLogic an outperform vote while only 59.50% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CoreLogic	Outperform Votes 565 60.95%	Underperform Votes 362 39.05%
Pegasystems	Outperform Votes 473 59.50%	Underperform Votes 322 40.50%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CLGX or PEGA?

CoreLogic has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. CoreLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, 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
CoreLogic	$1.64B	3.59	$301.36M	$3.90	20.51
Pegasystems	$1.49B	3.82	$67.81M	$0.82	81.56

Is CLGX or PEGA a better dividend stock?

CoreLogic pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Pegasystems pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. CoreLogic pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pegasystems pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility and risk, CLGX or PEGA?

CoreLogic has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CLGX or PEGA?

In the previous week, Pegasystems had 35 more articles in the media than CoreLogic. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Pegasystems and 0 mentions for CoreLogic. CoreLogic's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Pegasystems' score of 0.35 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CoreLogic	Neutral
Pegasystems	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CLGX or PEGA?

85.4% of CoreLogic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of CoreLogic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pegasystems beats CoreLogic on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.