SPSC vs. QLYS, TENB, WK, BRZE, DUOL, ALRM, CFLT, CXM, INST, and MQ
Should you be buying SPS Commerce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SPS Commerce include Qualys (QLYS), Tenable (TENB), Workiva (WK), Braze (BRZE), Duolingo (DUOL), Alarm.com (ALRM), Confluent (CFLT), Sprinklr (CXM), Instructure (INST), and Marqeta (MQ). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) and SPS Commerce (NASDAQ:SPSC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
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.
SPS Commerce received 113 more outperform votes than Qualys when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.88% of users gave SPS Commerce an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote.
Qualys has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SPS Commerce has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SPS Commerce had 3 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SPS Commerce and 9 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat SPS Commerce's score of 0.83 indicating that SPS Commerce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Qualys currently has a consensus price target of $153.23, indicating a potential downside of 9.73%. SPS Commerce has a consensus price target of $199.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Qualys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SPS Commerce is more favorable than Qualys.
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.
99.3% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Qualys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SPS Commerce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
SPS Commerce beats Qualys on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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