SYZ vs. ABST, DND, CMG, TCS, BLN, ESP, IMP, OSS, ILA, and MVP
Should you be buying Sylogist stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sylogist include Absolute Software (ABST), Dye & Durham (DND), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Tecsys (TCS), Blackline Safety (BLN), Brompton Energy Split (ESP), Intermap Technologies (IMP), OneSoft Solutions (OSS), iLOOKABOUT Corp. (ILA.V) (ILA), and MediaValet (MVP). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Sylogist vs. Its Competitors
Sylogist (TSE:SYZ) and Absolute Software (TSE:ABST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Sylogist had 1 more articles in the media than Absolute Software. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sylogist and 0 mentions for Absolute Software. Sylogist's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Absolute Software'saverage media sentiment score.
27.4% of Sylogist shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Absolute Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Sylogist shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Absolute Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sylogist pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Absolute Software pays an annual dividend of C$0.32 per share. Sylogist pays out 88.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Absolute Software pays out -48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Sylogist has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Absolute Software has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sylogist has a net margin of 3.25% compared to Absolute Software's net margin of -11.61%. Sylogist's return on equity of 2.80% beat Absolute Software's return on equity.
Sylogist has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Absolute Software. Absolute Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sylogist, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sylogist beats Absolute Software on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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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This page (TSE:SYZ) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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