VRSK vs. PEGA, FIVN, ATHM, RNG, GDRX, DADA, WDAY, ADP, GPN, and EFX
Should you be buying Verisk Analytics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Verisk Analytics include Pegasystems (PEGA), Five9 (FIVN), Autohome (ATHM), RingCentral (RNG), GoodRx (GDRX), Dada Nexus (DADA), Workday (WDAY), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Global Payments (GPN), and Equifax (EFX).
Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Verisk Analytics pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Pegasystems pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Verisk Analytics pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pegasystems pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Verisk Analytics has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Verisk Analytics had 4 more articles in the media than Pegasystems. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Verisk Analytics and 8 mentions for Pegasystems. Verisk Analytics' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Pegasystems' score of 0.13 indicating that Verisk Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Verisk Analytics received 78 more outperform votes than Pegasystems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.19% of users gave Verisk Analytics an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote.
90.0% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Verisk Analytics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.2% of Pegasystems shares are owned by 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.
Verisk Analytics has a net margin of 22.92% compared to Pegasystems' net margin of 4.73%. Verisk Analytics' return on equity of 305.15% beat Pegasystems' return on equity.
Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus price target of $252.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.21%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $70.56, indicating a potential upside of 22.41%. Given Pegasystems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pegasystems is more favorable than Verisk Analytics.
Verisk Analytics has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. Verisk Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Verisk Analytics beats Pegasystems on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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