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Certara (CERT) Competitors

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$11.40 -0.17 (-1.47%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

CERT vs. CWAN, OS, SOUN, QTWO, TEM, ASAN, WAY, WK, SAIC, and VRNS

Should you be buying Certara stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Certara include Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Onestream (OS), SoundHound AI (SOUN), Q2 (QTWO), Tempus AI (TEM), Asana (ASAN), Waystar (WAY), Workiva (WK), Science Applications International (SAIC), and Varonis Systems (VRNS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Certara vs.

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) and Certara (NASDAQ:CERT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Certara has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Clearwater Analytics has higher revenue and earnings than Certara. Certara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearwater Analytics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clearwater Analytics$424.36M17.20-$21.63M$0.012,955.00
Certara$372.80M4.92-$55.36M-$0.20-57.00

Clearwater Analytics presently has a consensus target price of $31.89, suggesting a potential upside of 7.92%. Certara has a consensus target price of $15.92, suggesting a potential upside of 39.62%. Given Certara's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Certara is more favorable than Clearwater Analytics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clearwater Analytics
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Certara
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Clearwater Analytics had 8 more articles in the media than Certara. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Clearwater Analytics and 2 mentions for Certara. Certara's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Clearwater Analytics' score of 0.77 indicating that Certara is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Clearwater Analytics
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Certara
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Clearwater Analytics received 18 more outperform votes than Certara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.42% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Certara an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Clearwater AnalyticsOutperform Votes
42
42.42%
Underperform Votes
57
57.58%
CertaraOutperform Votes
24
33.33%
Underperform Votes
48
66.67%

50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Certara shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Certara shares are owned 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.

Clearwater Analytics has a net margin of 0.21% compared to Certara's net margin of -8.34%. Clearwater Analytics' return on equity of 5.68% beat Certara's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clearwater Analytics0.21% 5.68% 4.17%
Certara -8.34%3.43%2.33%

Summary

Clearwater Analytics beats Certara on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CERT vs. The Competition

MetricCertaraPrepackaged software IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.86B$26.13B$5.14B$9.31B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%4.81%4.06%
P/E Ratio-57.0099.08135.1817.53
Price / Sales4.9226.941,235.42140.39
Price / Cash12.0291.6340.6537.95
Price / Book1.7412.864.884.92
Net Income-$55.36M$446.45M$118.97M$225.78M
7 Day Performance0.26%-1.11%16.19%-1.58%
1 Month Performance14.11%18.59%16.02%6.67%
1 Year Performance-32.46%31.80%34.95%22.48%

Certara Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CERT
Certara
4.7374 of 5 stars
$11.40
-1.5%
$15.92
+39.6%
-32.9%$1.86B$372.80M-57.001,391Positive News
CWAN
Clearwater Analytics
2.8801 of 5 stars
$29.69
+0.4%
$31.89
+7.4%
+49.2%$7.33B$424.36M2,956.001,756Insider Trade
OS
Onestream
3.0136 of 5 stars
$29.72
+2.2%
$35.59
+19.7%
N/A$6.97BN/A0.001,300Insider Trade
Positive News
SOUN
SoundHound AI
2.1303 of 5 stars
$17.51
+3.5%
$9.50
-45.7%
+777.4%$6.47B$67.30M-49.72200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
QTWO
Q2
1.3798 of 5 stars
$106.16
+1.0%
$91.50
-13.8%
+148.5%$6.41B$675.54M-110.082,315
TEM
Tempus AI
2.832 of 5 stars
$40.32
-1.7%
$56.00
+38.9%
N/A$6.35B$320.67M0.002,300High Trading Volume
ASAN
Asana
1.9655 of 5 stars
$26.83
+11.1%
$16.53
-38.4%
+30.5%$6.12B$706.68M-23.791,840High Trading Volume
WAY
Waystar
2.236 of 5 stars
$34.70
+1.8%
$32.90
-5.2%
N/A$5.97B$791.01M0.001,400Insider Trade
WK
Workiva
3.1042 of 5 stars
$105.54
+1.6%
$111.80
+5.9%
+9.7%$5.85B$630.04M-114.702,526Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SAIC
Science Applications International
4.6673 of 5 stars
$113.44
+0.3%
$144.38
+27.3%
-8.8%$5.54B$7.44B19.0724,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
VRNS
Varonis Systems
4.5208 of 5 stars
$48.08
+2.1%
$59.80
+24.4%
+6.6%$5.41B$499.16M-63.562,233Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:CERT) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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