PEGA vs. CLGX, FIVN, GLOB, GDRX, ZNGA, FDS, SSNC, MANH, AZPN, and GWRE
Should you be buying Pegasystems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pegasystems include CoreLogic (CLGX), Five9 (FIVN), Globant (GLOB), GoodRx (GDRX), Zynga (ZNGA), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), and Guidewire Software (GWRE).
Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) and CoreLogic (NYSE:CLGX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Pegasystems currently has a consensus price target of $72.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.48%. Given Pegasystems' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Pegasystems is more favorable than CoreLogic.
Pegasystems has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreLogic has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pegasystems pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. CoreLogic pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Pegasystems pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CoreLogic pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
CoreLogic received 96 more outperform votes than Pegasystems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave CoreLogic an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Pegasystems had 8 more articles in the media than CoreLogic. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Pegasystems and 0 mentions for CoreLogic. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat CoreLogic's score of 0.35 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of CoreLogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of CoreLogic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CoreLogic has a net margin of 17.79% compared to Pegasystems' net margin of 5.32%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 45.00% beat CoreLogic's return on equity.
CoreLogic has higher revenue and earnings than Pegasystems. CoreLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CoreLogic beats Pegasystems on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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