IonQ (IONQ) Competitors

Agilysys (NASDAQ:AGYS) and IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AGYS or IONQ?

Agilysys has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Agilysys, 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
Agilysys	$198.07 million	9.31	$14.58 million	$0.49	148.51
IonQ	$11.13 million	174.12	-$48.51 million	-$0.36	-26.78

Is AGYS or IONQ more profitable?

Agilysys has a net margin of 7.36% compared to IonQ's net margin of -531.99%. Agilysys' return on equity of 25.13% beat IonQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agilysys	7.36%	25.13%	11.73%
IonQ	-531.99%	-15.32%	-14.56%

Do analysts rate AGYS or IONQ?

Agilysys currently has a consensus price target of $88.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.93%. IonQ has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential downside of 14.51%. Given Agilysys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Agilysys is more favorable than IonQ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agilysys	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
IonQ	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGYS or IONQ?

Agilysys received 287 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave Agilysys an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Agilysys	Outperform Votes 293 63.56%	Underperform Votes 168 36.44%
IonQ	Outperform Votes 6 35.29%	Underperform Votes 11 64.71%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AGYS or IONQ?

97.8% of Agilysys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.2% of IonQ shares are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of Agilysys shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of IonQ shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AGYS or IONQ?

In the previous week, IonQ had 7 more articles in the media than Agilysys. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for IonQ and 8 mentions for Agilysys. Agilysys' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat IonQ's score of -0.48 indicating that Agilysys is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agilysys	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IonQ	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, AGYS or IONQ?

Agilysys has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IonQ has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Agilysys beats IonQ on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.