CGNT vs. VNET, MGNI, APPN, WB, SEMR, CERT, CXM, BBAI, RPD, and AVDX
Should you be buying Cognyte Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognyte Software include VNET Group (VNET), Magnite (MGNI), Appian (APPN), Weibo (WB), Semrush (SEMR), Certara (CERT), Sprinklr (CXM), BigBear.ai (BBAI), Rapid7 (RPD), and AvidXchange (AVDX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Cognyte Software vs.
VNET Group (NASDAQ:VNET) and Cognyte Software (NASDAQ:CGNT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, VNET Group had 6 more articles in the media than Cognyte Software. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for VNET Group and 1 mentions for Cognyte Software. Cognyte Software's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat VNET Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Cognyte Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cognyte Software has a net margin of -3.95% compared to VNET Group's net margin of -28.54%. VNET Group's return on equity of -5.68% beat Cognyte Software's return on equity.
72.8% of VNET Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Cognyte Software shares are held by institutional investors. 12.1% of VNET Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 62.7% of Cognyte Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
VNET Group currently has a consensus target price of $4.78, indicating a potential downside of 67.24%. Cognyte Software has a consensus target price of $8.25, indicating a potential downside of 9.74%. Given Cognyte Software's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cognyte Software is more favorable than VNET Group.
Cognyte Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than VNET Group. Cognyte Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VNET Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VNET Group received 89 more outperform votes than Cognyte Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.22% of users gave VNET Group an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave Cognyte Software an outperform vote.
VNET Group has a beta of -0.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognyte Software has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
VNET Group beats Cognyte Software on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CGNT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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