WIT vs. ZS, CTSH, VRSN, AZPN, EPAM, DOX, INFY, ANSS, PINS, and FTV
Should you be buying Wipro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wipro include Zscaler (ZS), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), VeriSign (VRSN), Aspen Technology (AZPN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), Infosys (INFY), ANSYS (ANSS), Pinterest (PINS), and Fortive (FTV). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) and Wipro (NYSE:WIT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, Zscaler had 20 more articles in the media than Wipro. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Zscaler and 5 mentions for Wipro. Wipro's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Zscaler's score of 0.12 indicating that Zscaler is being referred to more favorably in the media.
46.5% of Zscaler shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of Wipro shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Zscaler shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Wipro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Zscaler received 128 more outperform votes than Wipro when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.50% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote while only 50.70% of users gave Wipro an outperform vote.
Wipro has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wipro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wipro has a net margin of 12.29% compared to Wipro's net margin of -7.32%. Zscaler's return on equity of 16.05% beat Wipro's return on equity.
Zscaler has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wipro has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Zscaler presently has a consensus target price of $232.29, indicating a potential upside of 29.87%. Wipro has a consensus target price of $5.05, indicating a potential downside of 6.31%. Given Wipro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Zscaler is more favorable than Wipro.
Summary
Zscaler beats Wipro on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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