PRFT vs. PRO, PERI, DAVA, FORTY, HCP, FORG, JAMF, OSIS, AVDX, and NTCT
Should you be buying Perficient stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perficient include PROS (PRO), Perion Network (PERI), Endava (DAVA), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), HashiCorp (HCP), ForgeRock (FORG), Jamf (JAMF), OSI Systems (OSIS), AvidXchange (AVDX), and NetScout Systems (NTCT). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Perficient vs.
PROS (NYSE:PRO) and Perficient (NASDAQ:PRFT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
PROS currently has a consensus price target of $37.60, suggesting a potential upside of 12.98%. Perficient has a consensus price target of $76.29, suggesting a potential upside of 27.27%. Given PROS's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Perficient is more favorable than PROS.
94.3% of PROS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Perficient shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of PROS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Perficient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PROS has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perficient has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Perficient has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Perficient's net margin of -21.87%. PROS's return on equity of 29.42% beat Perficient's return on equity.
In the previous week, PROS had 40 more articles in the media than Perficient. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for PROS and 2 mentions for Perficient. PROS's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Perficient's score of 0.22 indicating that Perficient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Perficient has higher revenue and earnings than PROS. PROS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perficient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PROS received 147 more outperform votes than Perficient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.54% of users gave PROS an outperform vote while only 66.83% of users gave Perficient an outperform vote.
Summary
Perficient beats PROS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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