SMAR vs. QLYS, SQSP, TENB, BILL, ZI, VRNS, VERX, CVLT, CWAN, and WK Should you be buying Smartsheet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smartsheet include Qualys (QLYS), Squarespace (SQSP), Tenable (TENB), BILL (BILL), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Vertex (VERX), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), and Workiva (WK). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR ) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS ) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Qualys received 131 more outperform votes than Smartsheet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.47% of users gave Smartsheet an outperform vote while only 59.84% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote.
Smartsheet has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Smartsheet had 4 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Smartsheet and 11 mentions for Qualys. Smartsheet's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Qualys' score of 0.51 indicating that Smartsheet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Smartsheet presently has a consensus price target of $49.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.37%. Qualys has a consensus price target of $162.23, indicating a potential upside of 12.27%. Given Smartsheet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Smartsheet is more favorable than Qualys.
Qualys has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Smartsheet. Smartsheet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.0% of Smartsheet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Smartsheet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Qualys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to Smartsheet's net margin of -10.92%. Qualys' return on equity of 47.28% beat Smartsheet's return on equity.
Summary Smartsheet and Qualys tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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