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Cognyte Software (CGNT) Competitors

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$8.67 -0.03 (-0.34%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:51 PM ET)

CGNT vs. RPD, LSPD, WB, CXM, MGNI, AVDX, KC, EVCM, SPT, and MQ

Should you be buying Cognyte Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognyte Software include Rapid7 (RPD), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Weibo (WB), Sprinklr (CXM), Magnite (MGNI), AvidXchange (AVDX), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), EverCommerce (EVCM), Sprout Social (SPT), and Marqeta (MQ). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Cognyte Software vs.

Rapid7 (NASDAQ:RPD) and Cognyte Software (NASDAQ:CGNT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Rapid7 has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognyte Software has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Rapid7 received 333 more outperform votes than Cognyte Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.54% of users gave Cognyte Software an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave Rapid7 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rapid7Outperform Votes
549
56.54%
Underperform Votes
422
43.46%
Cognyte SoftwareOutperform Votes
216
56.54%
Underperform Votes
166
43.46%

95.7% of Rapid7 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Cognyte Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Rapid7 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 62.7% of Cognyte Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Rapid7 has a net margin of 5.65% compared to Cognyte Software's net margin of -3.95%. Cognyte Software's return on equity of -13.38% beat Rapid7's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rapid75.65% -128.95% 5.58%
Cognyte Software -3.95%-13.38%-6.12%

Rapid7 currently has a consensus price target of $44.59, indicating a potential upside of 13.28%. Cognyte Software has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential downside of 4.84%. Given Rapid7's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rapid7 is more favorable than Cognyte Software.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rapid7
0 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Cognyte Software
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Cognyte Software had 1 more articles in the media than Rapid7. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cognyte Software and 3 mentions for Rapid7. Cognyte Software's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Rapid7's score of 0.29 indicating that Cognyte Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rapid7
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cognyte Software
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cognyte Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rapid7. Cognyte Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rapid7, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rapid7$833.01M2.99-$149.26M$0.6362.48
Cognyte Software$339.82M1.83-$15.57M-$0.19-45.63

Summary

Rapid7 beats Cognyte Software on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CGNT vs. The Competition

MetricCognyte SoftwarePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$623.32M$25.30B$24.25B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.25%2.71%4.20%
P/E Ratio-45.6396.89270.7417.16
Price / Sales1.8313.943,157.20115.67
Price / CashN/A91.5833.6637.88
Price / Book2.7812.857.754.78
Net Income-$15.57M$446.45M$661.21M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-0.91%2.04%0.71%-1.21%
1 Month Performance6.56%10.73%6.74%3.09%
1 Year Performance37.40%26.36%22.24%16.48%

Cognyte Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGNT
Cognyte Software
3.1589 of 5 stars
$8.67
-0.3%
$8.25
-4.8%
+38.1%$623.32M$339.82M-45.631,613Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
RPD
Rapid7
2.991 of 5 stars
$39.70
+0.0%
$44.59
+12.3%
-32.4%$2.51B$777.71M63.002,228Analyst Revision
LSPD
Lightspeed Commerce
1.9705 of 5 stars
$15.99
-1.5%
$20.07
+25.5%
-15.1%$2.43B$1.01B-18.243,000Positive News
WB
Weibo
1.163 of 5 stars
$10.10
-2.5%
$10.23
+1.3%
-2.7%$2.37B$1.76B7.105,268
CXM
Sprinklr
3.7323 of 5 stars
$9.33
+3.2%
$10.13
+8.5%
-22.2%$2.36B$788.06M57.133,869Gap Down
MGNI
Magnite
2.1434 of 5 stars
$16.65
+1.1%
$17.73
+6.5%
+71.1%$2.34B$619.71M274.50911Insider Trade
AVDX
AvidXchange
3.1541 of 5 stars
$11.29
+1.3%
$11.68
+3.4%
-11.9%$2.32B$427.57M558.001,600Gap Down
KC
Kingsoft Cloud
0.8244 of 5 stars
$8.88
-3.1%
$5.93
-33.2%
+166.9%$2.25B$7.28B-7.6310,493News Coverage
Gap Up
EVCM
EverCommerce
2.7793 of 5 stars
$12.06
-1.1%
$12.56
+4.1%
+7.2%$2.21B$693.21M-43.572,100News Coverage
SPT
Sprout Social
2.7698 of 5 stars
$34.90
+2.9%
$45.46
+30.3%
-48.5%$2.00B$333.64M-28.271,383Gap Down
MQ
Marqeta
3.1587 of 5 stars
$3.95
-1.7%
$6.23
+57.8%
-44.6%$1.98B$490.03M201.00960Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:CGNT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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