ePlus (PLUS) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PLUS or PEGA?

ePlus presently has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.45%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $100.27, indicating a potential upside of 8.26%. Given ePlus' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ePlus is more favorable than Pegasystems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ePlus	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pegasystems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PLUS or PEGA?

ePlus has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. ePlus 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
ePlus	$2.13B	0.79	$115.78M	$3.92	16.01
Pegasystems	$1.64B	4.83	$99.19M	$2.06	44.96

Is PLUS or PEGA more profitable?

Pegasystems has a net margin of 6.63% compared to ePlus' net margin of 4.93%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 32.09% beat ePlus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ePlus	4.93%	11.23%	6.19%
Pegasystems	6.63%	32.09%	9.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLUS or PEGA?

Pegasystems received 235 more outperform votes than ePlus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.23% of users gave ePlus an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ePlus	Outperform Votes 270 63.23%	Underperform Votes 157 36.77%
Pegasystems	Outperform Votes 505 60.41%	Underperform Votes 331 39.59%

Which has more risk & volatility, PLUS or PEGA?

ePlus has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

93.8% of ePlus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of ePlus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer PLUS or PEGA?

In the previous week, Pegasystems had 59 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for Pegasystems and 6 mentions for ePlus. ePlus' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Pegasystems' score of 0.75 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ePlus	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pegasystems	26 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Pegasystems beats ePlus on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.