QLYS vs. SPSC, CVLT, ALRM, AI, PRGS, ZI, TENB, FRSH, VRNS, and S
Should you be buying Qualys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Qualys include SPS Commerce (SPSC), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Alarm.com (ALRM), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Tenable (TENB), Freshworks (FRSH), Varonis Systems (VRNS), and SentinelOne (S). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Qualys has a net margin of 27.34% compared to Qualys' net margin of 12.26%. SPS Commerce's return on equity of 49.06% beat Qualys' return on equity.
In the previous week, Qualys had 14 more articles in the media than SPS Commerce. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Qualys and 4 mentions for SPS Commerce. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat SPS Commerce's score of 0.61 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of SPS Commerce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Qualys shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SPS Commerce currently has a consensus target price of $199.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.58%. Qualys has a consensus target price of $153.23, indicating a potential downside of 8.29%. Given Qualys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Qualys.
SPS Commerce received 114 more outperform votes than Qualys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.88% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 60.12% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote.
SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Qualys has higher revenue and earnings than SPS Commerce. Qualys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SPS Commerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SPS Commerce beats Qualys on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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