DARK vs. NETW, BYIT, SPT, BOKU, WPS, PAY, EPO, FNX, SEE, and BLTG
Should you be buying Darktrace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Darktrace include Network International (NETW), Bytes Technology Group (BYIT), Spirent Communications (SPT), Boku (BOKU), W.A.G payment solutions (WPS), PayPoint (PAY), Earthport (EPO), Fonix Mobile (FNX), Seeing Machines (SEE), and Blancco Technology Group (BLTG). These companies are all part of the "software - infrastructure" industry.
Network International (LON:NETW) and Darktrace (LON:DARK) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Network International received 40 more outperform votes than Darktrace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 94.74% of users gave Network International an outperform vote while only 76.19% of users gave Darktrace an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Darktrace had 1 more articles in the media than Network International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Darktrace and 7 mentions for Network International. Network International's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Darktrace's score of 0.16 indicating that Darktrace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Darktrace has a consensus price target of GBX 575, suggesting a potential downside of 2.21%. Given Network International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Darktrace is more favorable than Network International.
Network International has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darktrace has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
100.8% of Network International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of Darktrace shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Network International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.8% of Darktrace shares are held 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.
Darktrace has a net margin of 17.99% compared to Darktrace's net margin of 13.40%. Network International's return on equity of 36.56% beat Darktrace's return on equity.
Darktrace has higher revenue and earnings than Network International. Network International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Darktrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Darktrace beats Network International on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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