PRGS vs. AI, UPLD, CVLT, QLYS, SEMR, AVDX, RPD, BB, APPN, and SWI
Should you be buying Progress Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Progress Software include C3.ai (AI), Upland Software (UPLD), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), Semrush (SEMR), AvidXchange (AVDX), Rapid7 (RPD), BlackBerry (BB), Appian (APPN), and SolarWinds (SWI). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) and C3.ai (NYSE:AI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
Progress Software has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3.ai has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Progress Software has a net margin of 9.67% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -95.21%. Progress Software's return on equity of 36.62% beat C3.ai's return on equity.
Progress Software has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progress Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Progress Software currently has a consensus price target of $64.60, indicating a potential upside of 26.84%. C3.ai has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.74%. Given Progress Software's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Progress Software is more favorable than C3.ai.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 2 more articles in the media than Progress Software. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for C3.ai and 9 mentions for Progress Software. Progress Software's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat C3.ai's score of 0.45 indicating that Progress Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Progress Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% of C3.ai shares are held by 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.
Progress Software received 73 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Progress Software an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
Summary
Progress Software beats C3.ai on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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