QTWO vs. SPT, SVFCX, AVDX, APPN, RPD, NCNO, INTA, ACIW, PYCR, and AYX
Should you be buying Q2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Q2 include Sprout Social (SPT), Smead Value C (SVFCX), AvidXchange (AVDX), Appian (APPN), Rapid7 (RPD), nCino (NCNO), Intapp (INTA), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Paycor HCM (PYCR), and Alteryx (AYX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) and Q2 (NYSE:QTWO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Q2 received 394 more outperform votes than Sprout Social when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave Q2 an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Sprout Social an outperform vote.
Q2 has higher revenue and earnings than Sprout Social. Sprout Social is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Q2, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sprout Social has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Q2 has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprout Social presently has a consensus price target of $69.62, indicating a potential upside of 22.95%. Q2 has a consensus price target of $43.40, indicating a potential downside of 12.15%. Given Q2's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sprout Social is more favorable than Q2.
Q2 has a net margin of -10.47% compared to Q2's net margin of -19.91%. Sprout Social's return on equity of -6.75% beat Q2's return on equity.
In the previous week, Q2 had 31 more articles in the media than Sprout Social. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Q2 and 3 mentions for Sprout Social. Q2's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Sprout Social's score of 0.13 indicating that Sprout Social is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Q2 beats Sprout Social on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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