Verint Systems (VRNT) Competitors

Sykes Enterprises (NASDAQ:SYKE) and Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, SYKE or VRNT?

Sykes Enterprises has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Verint Systems has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SYKE or VRNT?

82.2% of Sykes Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Sykes Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Verint Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SYKE or VRNT?

Sykes Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Verint Systems. Sykes Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Verint Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sykes Enterprises	$1.71B	1.26	$56.43M	$2.70	20.00
Verint Systems	$910.39M	2.03	$38.61M	$0.29	102.28

Does the media favor SYKE or VRNT?

In the previous week, Verint Systems had 7 more articles in the media than Sykes Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Verint Systems and 2 mentions for Sykes Enterprises. Sykes Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Verint Systems' score of -0.20 indicating that Verint Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sykes Enterprises	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Verint Systems	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SYKE or VRNT?

Verint Systems has a consensus price target of $35.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.68%. Given Sykes Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Verint Systems is more favorable than Sykes Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sykes Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Verint Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SYKE or VRNT?

Verint Systems received 349 more outperform votes than Sykes Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave Verint Systems an outperform vote while only 66.74% of users gave Sykes Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sykes Enterprises	Outperform Votes 303 66.74%	Underperform Votes 151 33.26%
Verint Systems	Outperform Votes 652 74.26%	Underperform Votes 226 25.74%

Is SYKE or VRNT more profitable?

Verint Systems has a net margin of 4.24% compared to Verint Systems' net margin of 3.83%. Sykes Enterprises' return on equity of 16.60% beat Verint Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sykes Enterprises	3.83%	13.41%	8.66%
Verint Systems	4.24%	16.60%	6.21%

Summary

Verint Systems beats Sykes Enterprises on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.