SPNS vs. SWI, INST, DOMO, UPLD, ACIW, BLKB, FSLY, SEMR, EVCM, and BB
Should you be buying Sapiens International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sapiens International include SolarWinds (SWI), Instructure (INST), Domo (DOMO), Upland Software (UPLD), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Blackbaud (BLKB), Fastly (FSLY), Semrush (SEMR), EverCommerce (EVCM), and BlackBerry (BB).
Sapiens International (NASDAQ:SPNS) and SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
30.7% of Sapiens International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Sapiens International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
SolarWinds received 53 more outperform votes than Sapiens International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave Sapiens International an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave SolarWinds an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sapiens International had 3 more articles in the media than SolarWinds. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sapiens International and 4 mentions for SolarWinds. Sapiens International's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat SolarWinds' score of 0.35 indicating that Sapiens International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sapiens International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SolarWinds. SolarWinds is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sapiens International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sapiens International currently has a consensus price target of $34.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.90%. SolarWinds has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.62%. Given SolarWinds' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SolarWinds is more favorable than Sapiens International.
Sapiens International has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolarWinds has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sapiens International has a net margin of 12.14% compared to SolarWinds' net margin of -1.20%. Sapiens International's return on equity of 16.92% beat SolarWinds' return on equity.
Summary
Sapiens International beats SolarWinds on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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