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VHC vs. DMRC, SNCR, SEAC, CRM, INTU, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, and ADSK

Should you be buying VirnetX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VirnetX include Digimarc (DMRC), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), SeaChange International (SEAC), Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Adobe (ADBE), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), and Autodesk (ADSK). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

VirnetX vs. Its Competitors

VirnetX (NYSE:VHC) and Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) are both small-cap application software companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

In the previous week, Digimarc had 2 more articles in the media than VirnetX. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Digimarc and 1 mentions for VirnetX. Digimarc's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat VirnetX's score of 0.00 indicating that Digimarc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
VirnetX
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Digimarc
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Digimarc has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 146.51%. Given Digimarc's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Digimarc is more favorable than VirnetX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
VirnetX
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Digimarc
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
VirnetXN/AN/A-$18.17M-$4.88-3.77
Digimarc$38.42M6.83-$39.01M-$1.88-6.47

10.4% of VirnetX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Digimarc shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.2% of VirnetX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Digimarc shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

VirnetX has a beta of 1.56, meaning that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digimarc has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

VirnetX has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Digimarc's net margin of -106.75%. VirnetX's return on equity of -41.26% beat Digimarc's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
VirnetXN/A -41.26% -33.57%
Digimarc -106.75%-47.23%-38.07%

Summary

Digimarc beats VirnetX on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VHC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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VHC vs. The Competition

MetricVirnetXINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$81.59M$18.76B$28.90B$21.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%3.01%3.59%
P/E Ratio-3.7778.4834.4028.45
Price / SalesN/A69.051,705.7371.70
Price / CashN/A94.1238.3822.92
Price / Book1.738.767.794.68
Net Income-$18.17M$341.62M$782.91M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-9.56%2.44%0.79%1.65%
1 Month Performance88.66%11.58%6.09%4.54%
1 Year Performance267.15%55.50%52,641.05%10.00%

VirnetX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VHC
VirnetX
0.0438 of 5 stars
$18.39
-4.4%
N/A+272.3%$81.59MN/A-3.7720Gap Up
DMRC
Digimarc
2.6321 of 5 stars
$12.83
+1.2%
$30.00
+133.8%
-64.2%$276.51M$37.85M-6.82230
SNCR
Synchronoss Technologies
3.4629 of 5 stars
$7.52
-0.7%
$13.00
+72.9%
-16.8%$86.48M$173.59M-35.811,540News Coverage
SEAC
SeaChange International
1.2411 of 5 stars
$4.65
flat
N/A+5.3%$10.70M$32.76M0.00100
CRM
Salesforce
4.8755 of 5 stars
$259.45
+0.5%
$348.16
+34.2%
+4.9%$248.03B$37.90B40.6076,453Positive News
Insider Trade
INTU
Intuit
4.5295 of 5 stars
$752.75
+0.6%
$800.55
+6.3%
+25.5%$209.98B$18.18B61.1018,800Positive News
ADBE
Adobe
4.8897 of 5 stars
$366.99
+1.0%
$473.88
+29.1%
-30.3%$155.68B$21.51B23.4830,709Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.5491 of 5 stars
$451.02
+3.8%
$514.42
+14.1%
+152.7%$123.31B$463.46M-20.681,534Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.4669 of 5 stars
$317.49
-1.0%
$330.07
+4.0%
+28.6%$86.69B$4.87B80.3812,700Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SNPS
Synopsys
4.241 of 5 stars
$549.53
-1.7%
$612.67
+11.5%
+11.7%$85.27B$6.22B39.6820,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ADSK
Autodesk
4.6331 of 5 stars
$294.55
+5.1%
$343.64
+16.7%
+25.2%$63.03B$6.13B63.0715,300Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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