VERX vs. WK, SQSP, FROG, CVLT, BOX, CWAN, SMAR, BL, VRNS, and FRSH
Should you be buying Vertex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vertex include Workiva (WK), Squarespace (SQSP), JFrog (FROG), Commvault Systems (CVLT), BOX (BOX), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Smartsheet (SMAR), BlackLine (BL), Varonis Systems (VRNS), and Freshworks (FRSH). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Workiva (NYSE:WK) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Vertex had 5 more articles in the media than Workiva. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vertex and 5 mentions for Workiva. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Workiva's score of 0.73 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Workiva has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vertex has a net margin of -2.29% compared to Vertex's net margin of -20.24%. Workiva's return on equity of 16.15% beat Vertex's return on equity.
Workiva presently has a consensus target price of $113.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.64%. Vertex has a consensus target price of $35.78, suggesting a potential upside of 16.69%. Given Vertex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Workiva is more favorable than Vertex.
92.2% of Workiva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Workiva shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.0% of Vertex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vertex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Workiva. Vertex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workiva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Workiva received 363 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.38% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.
Summary
Workiva and Vertex tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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