PLUS vs. EVBG, PAYA, TTMI, DCBO, AVID, HIMX, ENFN, SABR, COMM, and MOMO
Should you be buying ePlus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ePlus include Everbridge (EVBG), Paya (PAYA), TTM Technologies (TTMI), Docebo (DCBO), Avid Technology (AVID), Himax Technologies (HIMX), Enfusion (ENFN), Sabre (SABR), CommScope (COMM), and Hello Group (MOMO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
ePlus vs.
ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) and Everbridge (NASDAQ:EVBG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
93.6% of ePlus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Everbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of ePlus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Everbridge shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Everbridge had 4 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Everbridge and 1 mentions for ePlus. ePlus' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Everbridge's score of 0.04 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ePlus has a net margin of 5.46% compared to Everbridge's net margin of -14.16%. ePlus' return on equity of 15.88% beat Everbridge's return on equity.
ePlus has higher revenue and earnings than Everbridge. Everbridge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ePlus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Everbridge received 160 more outperform votes than ePlus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.98% of users gave Everbridge an outperform vote while only 64.85% of users gave ePlus an outperform vote.
ePlus has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Everbridge has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Everbridge has a consensus target price of $36.57, suggesting a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Everbridge's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Everbridge is more favorable than ePlus.
Summary
ePlus beats Everbridge on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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