DSGX vs. DBX, GTLB, INFA, APPF, CDAY, MNDY, DAY, PCTY, GWRE, and U
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include Dropbox (DBX), GitLab (GTLB), Informatica (INFA), AppFolio (APPF), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), monday.com (MNDY), Dayforce (DAY), Paylocity (PCTY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), and Unity Software (U). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) and The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Dropbox has a net margin of 20.50% compared to Dropbox's net margin of 20.23%. Dropbox's return on equity of 9.80% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 3 more articles in the media than Dropbox. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 8 mentions for Dropbox. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat The Descartes Systems Group's score of 0.80 indicating that The Descartes Systems Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Dropbox 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 received 136 more outperform votes than Dropbox when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.30% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 64.90% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
Dropbox presently has a consensus target price of $29.78, indicating a potential upside of 25.49%. The Descartes Systems Group has a consensus target price of $98.80, indicating a potential upside of 0.83%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Dropbox is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
Dropbox has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of Dropbox shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Dropbox and The Descartes Systems Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get The Descartes Systems Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DSGX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DSGX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
The Descartes Systems Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
