APPF vs. DSGX, NATI, MSP, QTWO, FROG, VEEV, HUBS, MSTR, ANSS, and TTWO
Should you be buying AppFolio stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AppFolio include The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), National Instruments (NATI), Datto (MSP), Q2 (QTWO), JFrog (FROG), Veeva Systems (VEEV), HubSpot (HUBS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO).
The Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) and AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
The Descartes Systems Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AppFolio. The Descartes Systems Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.62% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of 11.38%. The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity of 13.51% beat AppFolio's return on equity.
The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Descartes Systems Group received 214 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote while only 55.98% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.
77.7% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of AppFolio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Descartes Systems Group presently has a consensus target price of $102.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.47%. AppFolio has a consensus target price of $241.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.55%. Given AppFolio's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe The Descartes Systems Group is more favorable than AppFolio.
In the previous week, The Descartes Systems Group had 24 more articles in the media than AppFolio. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group and 5 mentions for AppFolio. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat AppFolio's score of 0.54 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The Descartes Systems Group beats AppFolio on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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