VeriSign (VRSN) Competitors

VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) and Wix.com (NASDAQ:WIX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VRSN or WIX?

Wix.com received 301 more outperform votes than VeriSign when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.71% of users gave Wix.com an outperform vote while only 62.16% of users gave VeriSign an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VeriSign	Outperform Votes 386 62.16%	Underperform Votes 235 37.84%
Wix.com	Outperform Votes 687 71.71%	Underperform Votes 271 28.29%

Do analysts recommend VRSN or WIX?

VeriSign currently has a consensus target price of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.63%. Wix.com has a consensus target price of $172.24, suggesting a potential upside of 5.70%. Given VeriSign's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe VeriSign is more favorable than Wix.com.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VeriSign	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Wix.com	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VRSN or WIX?

VeriSign has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wix.com. VeriSign is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wix.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
VeriSign	$1.49B	11.32	$817.60M	$8.14	20.86
Wix.com	$1.56B	5.97	$33.14M	$1.14	142.95

Is VRSN or WIX more profitable?

VeriSign has a net margin of 55.04% compared to Wix.com's net margin of 4.20%. VeriSign's return on equity of -47.21% beat Wix.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VeriSign	55.04%	-47.21%	44.58%
Wix.com	4.20%	-59.67%	4.49%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VRSN or WIX?

92.9% of VeriSign shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Wix.com shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of VeriSign shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Wix.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, VRSN or WIX?

VeriSign has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wix.com has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to VRSN or WIX?

In the previous week, Wix.com had 1 more articles in the media than VeriSign. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Wix.com and 10 mentions for VeriSign. VeriSign's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Wix.com's score of 0.46 indicating that VeriSign is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VeriSign	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wix.com	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

VeriSign and Wix.com tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.