ZS vs. CTSH, VRSN, EPAM, AZPN, JNPR, DOX, FFIV, FTNT, PRFT, and YALA
Should you be buying Zscaler stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zscaler include Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), VeriSign (VRSN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Amdocs (DOX), F5 (FFIV), Fortinet (FTNT), Perficient (PRFT), and Yalla Group (YALA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Cognizant Technology Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $75.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.21%. Zscaler has a consensus price target of $230.24, suggesting a potential upside of 30.00%. Given Cognizant Technology Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zscaler is more favorable than Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a net margin of 10.84% compared to Cognizant Technology Solutions' net margin of -7.32%. Zscaler's return on equity of 17.48% beat Cognizant Technology Solutions' return on equity.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognizant Technology Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cognizant Technology Solutions had 32 more articles in the media than Zscaler. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Cognizant Technology Solutions and 8 mentions for Zscaler. Cognizant Technology Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Zscaler's score of 0.44 indicating that Zscaler is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zscaler has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.4% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Zscaler shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cognizant Technology Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Zscaler shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognizant Technology Solutions received 767 more outperform votes than Zscaler when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Cognizant Technology Solutions an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote.
Summary
Cognizant Technology Solutions beats Zscaler on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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