A10 Networks (ATEN) Competitors

PAR Technology (NYSE:PAR) and A10 Networks (NYSE:ATEN) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PAR or ATEN?

98.6% of A10 Networks shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of PAR Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of A10 Networks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PAR or ATEN?

PAR Technology presently has a consensus price target of $79.86, indicating a potential upside of 21.02%. A10 Networks has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.24%. Given A10 Networks' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe A10 Networks is more favorable than PAR Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PAR Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
A10 Networks	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAR or ATEN?

A10 Networks received 48 more outperform votes than PAR Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.88% of users gave A10 Networks an outperform vote while only 60.32% of users gave PAR Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PAR Technology	Outperform Votes 263 60.32%	Underperform Votes 173 39.68%
A10 Networks	Outperform Votes 311 66.88%	Underperform Votes 154 33.12%

Is PAR or ATEN a better dividend stock?

PAR Technology pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. A10 Networks pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. PAR Technology pays out -238.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A10 Networks pays out 35.8% 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PAR or ATEN?

A10 Networks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PAR Technology. PAR Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A10 Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PAR Technology	$383.77M	6.96	-$69.75M	-$0.13	-507.59
A10 Networks	$267.16M	4.63	$50.14M	$0.67	25.60

Does the media prefer PAR or ATEN?

In the previous week, A10 Networks had 1 more articles in the media than PAR Technology. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for A10 Networks and 7 mentions for PAR Technology. A10 Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat PAR Technology's score of 1.23 indicating that A10 Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PAR Technology	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
A10 Networks	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is PAR or ATEN more profitable?

A10 Networks has a net margin of 19.16% compared to PAR Technology's net margin of -0.66%. A10 Networks' return on equity of 23.44% beat PAR Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PAR Technology	-0.66%	-8.99%	-4.62%
A10 Networks	19.16%	23.44%	12.60%

Which has more volatility and risk, PAR or ATEN?

PAR Technology has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A10 Networks has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

A10 Networks beats PAR Technology on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.