SYZ vs. ABST, DCBO, CMG, DND, BLN, TCS, 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), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Dye & Durham (DND), Blackline Safety (BLN), Tecsys (TCS), 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.
Sylogist (TSE:SYZ) and Absolute Software (TSE:ABST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Sylogist currently has a consensus target price of C$13.08, suggesting a potential upside of 39.93%. Given Sylogist's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sylogist is more favorable than Absolute Software.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Absolute Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company 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 0.4%. 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 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.
In the previous week, Sylogist had 18 more articles in the media than Absolute Software. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Sylogist and 0 mentions for Absolute Software. Absolute Software's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Sylogist's score of -0.30 indicating that Absolute Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 received 5 more outperform votes than Absolute Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Absolute Software an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Sylogist an outperform vote.
Summary
Sylogist beats Absolute Software on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SYZ) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
