DV vs. GDS, PONY, LNW, CFLT, KD, VRNS, WAY, SOUN, PATH, and GLBE
Should you be buying DoubleVerify stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DoubleVerify include GDS (GDS), Pony AI (PONY), Light & Wonder (LNW), Confluent (CFLT), Kyndryl (KD), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Waystar (WAY), SoundHound AI (SOUN), UiPath (PATH), and Global-e Online (GLBE). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
DoubleVerify vs. Its Competitors
DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
GDS has higher revenue and earnings than DoubleVerify. GDS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoubleVerify, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DoubleVerify has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DoubleVerify currently has a consensus target price of $19.13, indicating a potential upside of 70.30%. GDS has a consensus target price of $46.93, indicating a potential upside of 25.16%. Given DoubleVerify's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DoubleVerify is more favorable than GDS.
In the previous week, DoubleVerify had 3 more articles in the media than GDS. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for DoubleVerify and 8 mentions for GDS. GDS's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat DoubleVerify's score of 0.65 indicating that GDS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.3% of DoubleVerify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of DoubleVerify shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GDS has a net margin of 40.83% compared to DoubleVerify's net margin of 7.38%. DoubleVerify's return on equity of 4.86% beat GDS's return on equity.
Summary
GDS beats DoubleVerify on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:DV) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
