DSG vs. OTEX, KXS, LSPD, LWRK, ENGH, DCBO, CMG, DND, TCS, and SYZ
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include Open Text (OTEX), Kinaxis (KXS), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), LifeWorks (LWRK), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Computer Modelling Group (CMG), Dye & Durham (DND), Tecsys (TCS), and Sylogist (SYZ). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) and Open Text (TSE:OTEX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
The Descartes Systems Group presently has a consensus target price of C$89.67, suggesting a potential downside of 28.76%. Open Text has a consensus target price of C$53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.90%. Given Open Text's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Open Text is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 12 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 0 mentions for Open Text. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of -0.13 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to Open Text's net margin of 2.85%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 9.92% beat Open Text's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Open Text has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Open Text received 11 more outperform votes than The Descartes Systems Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.62% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
86.1% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Open Text shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group and Open Text tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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