AZPN vs. HCP, EPAM, DOX, VRSN, PRFT, PRO, YALA, ZS, WIT, and CTSH
Should you be buying Aspen Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Technology include HashiCorp (HCP), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), VeriSign (VRSN), Perficient (PRFT), PROS (PRO), Yalla Group (YALA), Zscaler (ZS), Wipro (WIT), and Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) and HashiCorp (NASDAQ:HCP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
HashiCorp received 132 more outperform votes than Aspen Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.91% of users gave Aspen Technology an outperform vote while only 52.64% of users gave HashiCorp an outperform vote.
Aspen Technology has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HashiCorp has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
45.7% of Aspen Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of HashiCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Aspen Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.1% of HashiCorp shares are held by company 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.
Aspen Technology has a net margin of -2.46% compared to HashiCorp's net margin of -32.70%. Aspen Technology's return on equity of 2.76% beat HashiCorp's return on equity.
Aspen Technology has higher revenue and earnings than HashiCorp. Aspen Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HashiCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aspen Technology currently has a consensus target price of $219.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.10%. HashiCorp has a consensus target price of $30.77, suggesting a potential downside of 6.87%. Given Aspen Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aspen Technology is more favorable than HashiCorp.
In the previous week, Aspen Technology had 5 more articles in the media than HashiCorp. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Aspen Technology and 8 mentions for HashiCorp. HashiCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Aspen Technology's score of 0.57 indicating that HashiCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Aspen Technology beats HashiCorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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