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$71.45 -0.65 (-0.90%)
As of 07/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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. Its Competitors

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

ePlus has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informatica has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
ePlus$2.07B0.92$107.98M$4.0517.64
Informatica$1.64B4.49$9.93M$0.03810.33

93.8% of ePlus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Informatica shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of ePlus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Informatica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

ePlus has a net margin of 5.22% compared to Informatica's net margin of 0.12%. ePlus' return on equity of 11.34% beat Informatica's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ePlus5.22% 11.34% 6.17%
Informatica 0.12%5.89%2.66%

In the previous week, ePlus had 11 more articles in the media than Informatica. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for ePlus and 4 mentions for Informatica. Informatica's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat ePlus' score of -0.08 indicating that Informatica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ePlus
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Informatica
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Informatica has a consensus target price of $24.46, indicating a potential upside of 0.62%. Given Informatica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Informatica is more favorable than ePlus.

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

Summary

ePlus and Informatica tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLUS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PLUS vs. The Competition

MetricePlusBusiness Software Services/BPO IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.91B$9.39B$27.42B$8.94B
Dividend YieldN/A0.98%2.94%4.12%
P/E Ratio17.645.8835.8319.74
Price / Sales0.923.261,993.90109.12
Price / Cash13.9521.2537.9957.06
Price / Book1.957.117.005.37
Net Income$107.98M$258.81M$762.33M$248.34M
7 Day Performance-2.26%-1.61%2.21%1.67%
1 Month Performance0.99%1.54%5.56%4.56%
1 Year Performance-3.00%10.39%52,132.52%18.42%

ePlus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLUS
ePlus
1.9991 of 5 stars
$71.45
-0.9%
N/A-3.0%$1.91B$2.07B17.642,199High Trading Volume
INFA
Informatica
1.7129 of 5 stars
$24.16
+0.1%
$24.46
+1.3%
-20.1%$7.30B$1.64B-2,415,500.005,200Positive News
HCP
HashiCorp
N/A$34.78
flat
$35.00
+0.6%
N/A$7.11B$654.89M-57.021,850
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
4.0382 of 5 stars
$45.37
+1.7%
$60.00
+32.2%
+17.3%$4.68B$1.59B17.863,103
SWI
SolarWinds
0.8348 of 5 stars
$18.49
flat
$18.00
-2.7%
N/A$3.20B$796.90M29.352,300
BLKB
Blackbaud
3.797 of 5 stars
$64.55
+5.0%
$78.67
+21.9%
-13.7%$2.98B$1.16B-10.942,600Positive News
NTCT
NetScout Systems
1.3335 of 5 stars
$24.14
+2.3%
$25.00
+3.6%
+34.0%$1.68B$822.68M-4.692,123Positive News
SPNS
Sapiens International
3.0398 of 5 stars
$29.00
+2.1%
$34.25
+18.1%
-14.0%$1.59B$542.38M22.314,850
VRNT
Verint Systems
4.8165 of 5 stars
$16.94
+1.6%
$30.33
+79.1%
-43.0%$1.00B$909.19M20.663,800Positive News
High Trading Volume
PRO
PROS
3.1667 of 5 stars
$14.05
+0.5%
$28.00
+99.4%
-39.1%$668.98M$330.37M-50.161,501Trending News
DMRC
Digimarc
1.8274 of 5 stars
$12.84
+1.6%
$30.00
+133.6%
-55.5%$272.42M$38.42M-6.83230

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This page (NASDAQ:PLUS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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