RPD vs. MFGP, ACIW, BAND, SCWX, LPSN, INFA, CDAY, DAY, GTLB, and PCTY
Should you be buying Rapid7 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rapid7 include Micro Focus International (MFGP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Bandwidth (BAND), SecureWorks (SCWX), LivePerson (LPSN), Informatica (INFA), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Dayforce (DAY), GitLab (GTLB), and Paylocity (PCTY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) and Micro Focus International (NYSE:MFGP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Rapid7 has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Micro Focus International has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rapid7 received 310 more outperform votes than Micro Focus International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.38% of users gave Micro Focus International an outperform vote while only 57.02% of users gave Rapid7 an outperform vote.
Micro Focus International has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rapid7's net margin of -15.14%. Micro Focus International's return on equity of 0.00% beat Rapid7's return on equity.
Rapid7 presently has a consensus target price of $51.73, indicating a potential upside of 43.15%. Given Rapid7's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rapid7 is more favorable than Micro Focus International.
In the previous week, Rapid7 had 5 more articles in the media than Micro Focus International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Rapid7 and 0 mentions for Micro Focus International. Rapid7's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Micro Focus International's score of 0.20 indicating that Rapid7 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rapid7 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Micro Focus International. Rapid7 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Micro Focus International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.7% of Rapid7 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.0% of Micro Focus International shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Rapid7 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Micro Focus International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rapid7 beats Micro Focus International on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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