BAND vs. CERT, LSPD, OPRA, KARO, NYAX, PRCH, NABL, RPD, ENFN, and PD
Should you be buying Bandwidth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bandwidth include Certara (CERT), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Opera (OPRA), Karooooo (KARO), Nayax (NYAX), Porch Group (PRCH), N-able (NABL), Rapid7 (RPD), Enfusion (ENFN), and PagerDuty (PD). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Bandwidth vs. Its Competitors
Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) and Certara (NASDAQ:CERT) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
Bandwidth has a net margin of -0.14% compared to Certara's net margin of -0.67%. Certara's return on equity of 5.05% beat Bandwidth's return on equity.
Bandwidth has higher revenue and earnings than Certara. Certara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bandwidth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bandwidth has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Certara has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bandwidth presently has a consensus target price of $20.80, suggesting a potential upside of 31.90%. Certara has a consensus target price of $15.29, suggesting a potential upside of 46.84%. Given Certara's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Certara is more favorable than Bandwidth.
In the previous week, Certara had 12 more articles in the media than Bandwidth. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Certara and 8 mentions for Bandwidth. Bandwidth's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Certara's score of 0.10 indicating that Bandwidth is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.5% of Bandwidth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Certara shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Bandwidth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Certara shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Certara beats Bandwidth on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:BAND) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
