Radware (RDWR) Competitors

Conduent (NASDAQ:CNDT) and Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNDT or RDWR?

Radware received 477 more outperform votes than Conduent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.10% of users gave Radware an outperform vote while only 30.00% of users gave Conduent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Conduent	Outperform Votes 15 30.00%	Underperform Votes 35 70.00%
Radware	Outperform Votes 492 69.10%	Underperform Votes 220 30.90%

Do analysts prefer CNDT or RDWR?

Conduent presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 118.45%. Radware has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.00%. Given Conduent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Conduent is more favorable than Radware.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conduent	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Radware	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CNDT or RDWR?

Radware has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Conduent. Radware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Conduent, 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
Conduent	$3.63B	0.23	-$296M	-$0.90	-4.58
Radware	$259.01M	3.82	-$21.59M	-$0.46	-48.54

Does the media favor CNDT or RDWR?

In the previous week, Conduent and Conduent both had 3 articles in the media. Conduent's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Radware's score of 0.41 indicating that Conduent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Conduent	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Radware	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, CNDT or RDWR?

Conduent has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radware has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CNDT or RDWR?

77.3% of Conduent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Radware shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Conduent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Radware shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CNDT or RDWR more profitable?

Conduent has a net margin of 0.88% compared to Radware's net margin of -4.73%. Radware's return on equity of -0.72% beat Conduent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conduent	0.88%	-7.81%	-1.75%
Radware	-4.73%	-0.72%	-0.40%

Summary

Conduent and Radware tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.