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$71.86 -0.94 (-1.29%)
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PLUS vs. INFA, HCP, ACIW, SWI, BLKB, NTCT, SPNS, VRNT, PRO, and DMRC

Should you be buying ePlus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ePlus include Informatica (INFA), HashiCorp (HCP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SolarWinds (SWI), Blackbaud (BLKB), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Sapiens International (SPNS), Verint Systems (VRNT), PROS (PRO), and Digimarc (DMRC). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Informatica presently has a consensus target price of $24.46, suggesting a potential upside of 1.44%. Given Informatica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Informatica is more favorable than ePlus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Informatica
0 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06
ePlus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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$1.66B4.41$9.93M$0.03803.83
ePlus$2.07B0.93$115.78M$4.0517.98

Informatica has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ePlus has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Informatica received 62 more outperform votes than ePlus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.32% of users gave ePlus an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
InformaticaOutperform Votes
333
59.25%
Underperform Votes
229
40.75%
ePlusOutperform Votes
271
63.32%
Underperform Votes
157
36.68%

In the previous week, Informatica had 8 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Informatica and 4 mentions for ePlus. ePlus' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Informatica's score of 0.58 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

98.4% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of ePlus shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Informatica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of ePlus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Informatica beats ePlus 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$1.91B$3.12B$26.24B$8.67B
Dividend YieldN/A1.21%2.86%4.19%
P/E Ratio18.5710.0345.2620.17
Price / Sales0.931.562,015.87161.98
Price / Cash13.1345.0534.7434.64
Price / Book2.013.287.084.72
Net Income$115.78M$203.00M$740.66M$247.80M
7 Day Performance2.77%4.01%3.31%2.75%
1 Month Performance13.93%6.37%7.36%9.70%
1 Year Performance0.01%32.37%52,560.46%14.51%

ePlus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLUS
ePlus
3.4075 of 5 stars
$71.86
-1.3%
N/A-0.2%$1.91B$2.07B18.331,580Positive News
INFA
Informatica
1.8018 of 5 stars
$24.09
+0.3%
$24.46
+1.5%
-15.7%$7.29B$1.66B803.275,500Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HCP
HashiCorp
0.309 of 5 stars
$34.78
flat
$35.00
+0.6%
N/A$7.11B$654.89M-57.021,850
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
3.9161 of 5 stars
$46.12
-0.3%
$60.00
+30.1%
+37.6%$4.84B$1.67B21.863,350
SWI
SolarWinds
1.0121 of 5 stars
$18.49
flat
$18.00
-2.7%
N/A$3.20B$796.90M29.352,300
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.3879 of 5 stars
$62.23
flat
$78.67
+26.4%
-16.5%$3.02B$1.15B-10.553,200
NTCT
NetScout Systems
1.8207 of 5 stars
$22.83
0.0%
$25.00
+9.5%
+26.1%$1.63B$822.68M-3.902,330Positive News
Short Interest ↓
SPNS
Sapiens International
2.5347 of 5 stars
$28.60
-0.3%
$34.25
+19.8%
-10.6%$1.60B$544.24M22.174,040
VRNT
Verint Systems
4.9613 of 5 stars
$17.22
-1.8%
$30.33
+76.2%
-46.8%$1.04B$909.19M18.324,400Positive News
Earnings Report
PRO
PROS
1.7165 of 5 stars
$17.69
+0.6%
$29.13
+64.6%
-27.3%$846.50M$336.01M-40.201,530
DMRC
Digimarc
1.9924 of 5 stars
$13.16
+0.6%
$30.00
+128.0%
-52.3%$283.62M$37.85M-6.75230Trending News

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This page (NASDAQ:PLUS) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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