VERX vs. NCNO, CVLT, ESMT, BL, APPN, BB, RPD, VRNS, INTA, and AYX
Should you be buying Vertex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex include nCino (NCNO), Commvault Systems (CVLT), EngageSmart (ESMT), BlackLine (BL), Appian (APPN), BlackBerry (BB), Rapid7 (RPD), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Intapp (INTA), and Alteryx (AYX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Vertex vs.
Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) and nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, nCino had 21 more articles in the media than Vertex. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for nCino and 6 mentions for Vertex. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat nCino's score of 0.08 indicating that Vertex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vertex has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nCino has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vertex has higher revenue and earnings than nCino. Vertex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than nCino, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
21.5% of Vertex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of nCino shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.1% of Vertex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.2% of nCino shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
nCino received 30 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.69% of users gave nCino an outperform vote while only 31.37% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.
Vertex currently has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.83%. nCino has a consensus target price of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.00%. Given nCino's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe nCino is more favorable than Vertex.
Vertex has a net margin of -5.91% compared to nCino's net margin of -19.47%. Vertex's return on equity of 12.20% beat nCino's return on equity.
Summary
Vertex and nCino tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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