SLP vs. TLS, NXGN, AUR, AGYS, VRNT, IONQ, NTCT, MDRX, TDCX, and DMRC
Should you be buying Simulations Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simulations Plus include Telos (TLS), NextGen Healthcare (NXGN), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Agilysys (AGYS), Verint Systems (VRNT), IonQ (IONQ), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Veradigm (MDRX), TDCX (TDCX), and Digimarc (DMRC).
Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP) and Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Simulations Plus has a net margin of 16.22% compared to Telos' net margin of -22.22%. Simulations Plus' return on equity of 7.95% beat Telos' return on equity.
Simulations Plus presently has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.72%. Telos has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.38%. Given Telos' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Telos is more favorable than Simulations Plus.
In the previous week, Telos had 8 more articles in the media than Simulations Plus. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Telos and 2 mentions for Simulations Plus. Telos' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Simulations Plus' score of 1.18 indicating that Telos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Simulations Plus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telos. Telos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simulations Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Simulations Plus received 222 more outperform votes than Telos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave Telos an outperform vote while only 62.82% of users gave Simulations Plus an outperform vote.
Simulations Plus has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telos has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.1% of Simulations Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Telos shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of Simulations Plus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Telos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Simulations Plus beats Telos on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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