DSG vs. OTEX, KXS, LSPD, CLS, NVEI, GIB.A, DCBO, ENGH, DND, and CMG
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include Open Text (OTEX), Kinaxis (KXS), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Celestica (CLS), Nuvei (NVEI), CGI (GIB.A), Docebo (DCBO), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Dye & Durham (DND), and Computer Modelling Group (CMG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) and Open Text (TSE:OTEX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Open Text had 7 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Open Text and 2 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Open Text's score of -0.84 indicating that The Descartes Systems Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Open Text received 11 more outperform votes than The Descartes Systems Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.62% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
The Descartes Systems Group presently has a consensus target price of C$89.67, indicating a potential downside of 31.31%. Open Text has a consensus target price of C$51.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.46%. Given Open Text's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Open Text is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
87.8% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of Open Text shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Open Text shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Open Text has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Open Text's net margin of 2.24%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 9.92% beat Open Text's return on equity.
Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group and Open Text tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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