Perficient (PRFT) Competitors

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.

Do analysts prefer PRO or PRFT?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PROS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Perficient	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PRO or PRFT?

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.

Which has more volatility & risk, PRO or PRFT?

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.

Is PRO or PRFT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PROS	-21.87%	N/A	-10.50%
Perficient	11.12%	29.42%	12.75%

Does the media favor PRO or PRFT?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PROS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	27 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Perficient	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PRO or PRFT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PROS	$276.14M	5.57	-$82.25M	-$1.39	-23.94
Perficient	$905.06M	2.31	$104.39M	$2.86	20.96

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRO or PRFT?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PROS	Outperform Votes 558 71.54%	Underperform Votes 222 28.46%
Perficient	Outperform Votes 411 66.83%	Underperform Votes 204 33.17%

Summary

Perficient beats PROS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.