Pegasystems (PEGA) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ANSS or PEGA?

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
ANSYS	$2.58B	11.44	$575.69M	$6.74	49.89
Pegasystems	$1.50B	5.78	$99.19M	$2.06	49.06

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANSS or PEGA?

Pegasystems received 98 more outperform votes than ANSYS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.52% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 53.56% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ANSYS	Outperform Votes 414 53.56%	Underperform Votes 359 46.44%
Pegasystems	Outperform Votes 512 60.52%	Underperform Votes 334 39.48%

Which has more volatility and risk, ANSS or PEGA?

ANSYS has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ANSS or PEGA?

ANSYS presently has a consensus price target of $352.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.84%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $106.18, suggesting a potential upside of 5.06%. Given Pegasystems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pegasystems is more favorable than ANSYS.

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

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

92.4% of ANSYS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of ANSYS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.7% of Pegasystems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ANSS or PEGA more profitable?

ANSYS has a net margin of 22.95% compared to Pegasystems' net margin of 11.98%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 44.72% beat ANSYS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ANSYS	22.95%	12.38%	9.47%
Pegasystems	11.98%	44.72%	15.17%

Does the media refer more to ANSS or PEGA?

In the previous week, Pegasystems had 8 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Pegasystems and 12 mentions for ANSYS. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Pegasystems' score of 0.90 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ANSYS	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pegasystems	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ANSYS and Pegasystems tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.