PRO vs. HCP, PRFT, DAVA, FORTY, PERI, IONQ, BB, EVCM, GETY, and ACMR
Should you be buying PROS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PROS include HashiCorp (HCP), Perficient (PRFT), Endava (DAVA), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), Perion Network (PERI), IonQ (IONQ), BlackBerry (BB), EverCommerce (EVCM), Getty Images (GETY), and ACM Research (ACMR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
PROS (NYSE:PRO) and HashiCorp (NASDAQ:HCP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
PROS presently has a consensus price target of $40.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.48%. HashiCorp has a consensus price target of $30.77, indicating a potential downside of 5.82%. Given PROS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PROS is more favorable than HashiCorp.
PROS has a net margin of -18.56% compared to HashiCorp's net margin of -32.70%. PROS's return on equity of 0.00% beat HashiCorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, HashiCorp had 28 more articles in the media than PROS. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for HashiCorp and 30 mentions for PROS. HashiCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat PROS's score of 0.33 indicating that HashiCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PROS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HashiCorp. HashiCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PROS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.3% of PROS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of HashiCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of PROS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of HashiCorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HashiCorp received 15 more outperform votes than PROS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.66% of users gave PROS an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave HashiCorp an outperform vote.
PROS has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HashiCorp has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PROS and HashiCorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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