SYZ vs. ABST, DCBO, DND, BLN, TCS, CMG, ESP, OSS, ILA, and MVP
Should you be buying Sylogist stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sylogist include Absolute Software (ABST), Docebo (DCBO), Dye & Durham (DND), Blackline Safety (BLN), Tecsys (TCS), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Brompton Energy Split (ESP), 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
Absolute Software (TSE:ABST) and Sylogist (TSE:SYZ) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Absolute Software pays an annual dividend of C$0.32 per share. Sylogist pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Absolute Software pays out -48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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 a consensus target price of C$13.63, suggesting a potential upside of 61.82%. Given Sylogist's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sylogist is more favorable than Absolute Software.
82.0% of Absolute Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.4% of Sylogist shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Absolute Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Sylogist shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sylogist has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Absolute Software has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sylogist has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sylogist had 3 more articles in the media than Absolute Software. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sylogist and 0 mentions for Absolute Software. Sylogist's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Absolute Software's score of 0.00 indicating that Sylogist is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Sylogist beats Absolute Software on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:SYZ) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
