APPF vs. DSGX, NATI, MSP, QTWO, FROG, VEEV, HUBS, MSTR, ANSS, and TTWO
Should you be buying AppFolio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppFolio include The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), National Instruments (NATI), Datto (MSP), Q2 (QTWO), JFrog (FROG), Veeva Systems (VEEV), HubSpot (HUBS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO).
AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) and The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
AppFolio has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Descartes Systems Group received 214 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote while only 55.98% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.62% compared to AppFolio's net margin of 11.38%. AppFolio's return on equity of 13.51% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AppFolio. The Descartes Systems Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 30 more articles in the media than AppFolio. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 5 mentions for AppFolio. AppFolio's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of 0.38 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.3% of AppFolio shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of AppFolio shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AppFolio presently has a consensus target price of $241.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.55%. The Descartes Systems Group has a consensus target price of $102.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.47%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Descartes Systems Group is more favorable than AppFolio.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats AppFolio on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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