VRNS vs. SQSP, VERX, SMAR, FRSH, WK, CVLT, BLKB, TENB, CWAN, and FROG
Should you be buying Varonis Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Varonis Systems include Squarespace (SQSP), Vertex (VERX), Smartsheet (SMAR), Freshworks (FRSH), Workiva (WK), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Blackbaud (BLKB), Tenable (TENB), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), and JFrog (FROG). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Squarespace (NYSE:SQSP) and Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Squarespace currently has a consensus target price of $38.54, suggesting a potential upside of 8.47%. Varonis Systems has a consensus target price of $48.81, suggesting a potential upside of 7.68%. Given Varonis Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Squarespace is more favorable than Varonis Systems.
Varonis Systems received 809 more outperform votes than Squarespace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.93% of users gave Varonis Systems an outperform vote while only 52.34% of users gave Squarespace an outperform vote.
92.3% of Squarespace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of Varonis Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of Squarespace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Varonis Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Squarespace had 4 more articles in the media than Varonis Systems. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Squarespace and 6 mentions for Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Squarespace's score of 0.83 indicating that Squarespace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Squarespace has a net margin of -0.70% compared to Squarespace's net margin of -20.22%. Varonis Systems' return on equity of 0.00% beat Squarespace's return on equity.
Squarespace has higher revenue and earnings than Varonis Systems. Squarespace is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Varonis Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Squarespace has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Varonis Systems has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Squarespace beats Varonis Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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