SEMR vs. PD, FROG, BIGC, DH, EXFY, INFA, PAYC, APPF, CFLT, and DUOL
Should you be buying Semrush stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Semrush include PagerDuty (PD), JFrog (FROG), BigCommerce (BIGC), Definitive Healthcare (DH), Expensify (EXFY), Informatica (INFA), Paycom Software (PAYC), AppFolio (APPF), Confluent (CFLT), and Duolingo (DUOL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) and Semrush (NASDAQ:SEMR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, PagerDuty had 15 more articles in the media than Semrush. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for PagerDuty and 6 mentions for Semrush. Semrush's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat PagerDuty's score of 0.08 indicating that PagerDuty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PagerDuty received 104 more outperform votes than Semrush when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.49% of users gave PagerDuty an outperform vote while only 56.06% of users gave Semrush an outperform vote.
Semrush has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PagerDuty. PagerDuty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Semrush, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PagerDuty has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Semrush has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.3% of PagerDuty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.9% of Semrush shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of PagerDuty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of Semrush shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Semrush has a net margin of 4.01% compared to Semrush's net margin of -21.34%. PagerDuty's return on equity of 6.05% beat Semrush's return on equity.
PagerDuty currently has a consensus price target of $27.13, suggesting a potential upside of 42.99%. Semrush has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.26%. Given Semrush's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PagerDuty is more favorable than Semrush.
Summary
Semrush beats PagerDuty on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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