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$65.39 -1.11 (-1.67%)
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PLUS vs. INFA, ACIW, SWI, BLKB, NTCT, SPNS, VRNT, PRO, DMRC, and SNCR

Should you be buying ePlus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ePlus include Informatica (INFA), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SolarWinds (SWI), Blackbaud (BLKB), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Sapiens International (SPNS), Verint Systems (VRNT), PROS (PRO), Digimarc (DMRC), and Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

ePlus vs.

Informatica (NYSE:INFA) and ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Informatica currently has a consensus price target of $23.69, suggesting a potential upside of 24.47%. ePlus has a consensus price target of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.64%. Given ePlus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ePlus is more favorable than Informatica.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Informatica
0 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19
ePlus
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

ePlus has a net margin of 4.93% compared to Informatica's net margin of 0.61%. ePlus' return on equity of 11.23% beat Informatica's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Informatica0.61% 5.76% 2.62%
ePlus 4.93%11.23%6.19%

98.4% of Informatica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of ePlus shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Informatica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of ePlus shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Informatica received 63 more outperform votes than ePlus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.23% of users gave ePlus an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
InformaticaOutperform Votes
333
60.00%
Underperform Votes
222
40.00%
ePlusOutperform Votes
270
63.23%
Underperform Votes
157
36.77%

ePlus has higher revenue and earnings than Informatica. ePlus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informatica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Informatica$1.66B3.48$9.93M$0.03634.47
ePlus$2.13B0.82$115.78M$3.9216.68

In the previous week, Informatica had 11 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Informatica and 8 mentions for ePlus. ePlus' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Informatica's score of 0.66 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Informatica
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ePlus
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Informatica has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ePlus has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ePlus beats Informatica on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLUS vs. The Competition

MetricePlusComputers, peripherals, & software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.74B$3.03B$25.07B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A1.16%2.89%4.10%
P/E Ratio16.689.5744.6019.71
Price / Sales0.821.542,088.05116.98
Price / Cash13.1345.0534.7834.62
Price / Book1.813.216.654.50
Net Income$115.78M$203.00M$739.99M$248.18M
7 Day Performance0.15%-1.88%-0.99%1.14%
1 Month Performance11.63%2.89%14.39%15.20%
1 Year Performance-17.80%21.83%52,549.95%6.56%

ePlus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLUS
ePlus
4.4821 of 5 stars
$65.39
-1.7%
$90.00
+37.6%
-16.7%$1.74B$2.13B16.681,580Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
INFA
Informatica
2.6866 of 5 stars
$19.33
+1.7%
$23.62
+22.2%
-37.2%$5.85B$1.66B644.385,500Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
3.7629 of 5 stars
$48.76
+4.7%
$60.00
+23.1%
+28.2%$5.13B$1.59B23.113,350Positive News
High Trading Volume
SWI
SolarWinds
0.8878 of 5 stars
$18.49
flat
$18.00
-2.7%
N/A$3.20B$796.90M29.352,300
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.4247 of 5 stars
$64.55
+1.8%
$78.67
+21.9%
-19.9%$3.13B$1.15B-10.943,200News Coverage
Insider Trade
NTCT
NetScout Systems
1.2424 of 5 stars
$23.09
+6.8%
$25.00
+8.3%
+11.8%$1.66B$822.68M-3.942,330News Coverage
Positive News
SPNS
Sapiens International
2.9165 of 5 stars
$28.30
-0.3%
$34.25
+21.0%
-18.6%$1.58B$542.38M21.944,040Positive News
VRNT
Verint Systems
4.5666 of 5 stars
$18.69
+4.6%
$30.33
+62.3%
-45.4%$1.16B$909.19M19.884,400Positive News
PRO
PROS
2.5265 of 5 stars
$18.27
+8.0%
$29.13
+59.4%
-44.2%$874.26M$336.01M-41.521,530
DMRC
Digimarc
2.4743 of 5 stars
$13.49
+6.9%
$30.00
+122.4%
-49.2%$290.74M$37.85M-6.92230Trending News
SNCR
Synchronoss Technologies
4.0857 of 5 stars
$7.99
-2.2%
$13.00
+62.7%
-34.9%$91.87M$173.59M-2.061,540Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PLUS) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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