PERI vs. PEGA, ANET, EVCM, FORTY, CERT, LSPD, OPRA, KARO, NYAX, and PRCH
Should you be buying Perion Network stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perion Network include Pegasystems (PEGA), Arista Networks (ANET), EverCommerce (EVCM), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Certara (CERT), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Opera (OPRA), Karooooo (KARO), Nayax (NYAX), and Porch Group (PRCH).
Perion Network vs. Its Competitors
Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) and Perion Network (NASDAQ:PERI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Pegasystems currently has a consensus target price of $54.82, suggesting a potential upside of 4.90%. Perion Network has a consensus target price of $12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 10.70%. Given Perion Network's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Perion Network is more favorable than Pegasystems.
46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Perion Network shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Perion Network shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Pegasystems had 14 more articles in the media than Perion Network. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Pegasystems and 0 mentions for Perion Network. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Perion Network's score of 0.00 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pegasystems has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Perion Network's net margin of -1.75%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 44.72% beat Perion Network's return on equity.
Pegasystems has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perion Network has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pegasystems has higher revenue and earnings than Perion Network. Perion Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Pegasystems beats Perion Network on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:PERI) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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