CGNT vs. DV, WB, CXM, APPN, BBAI, WRD, VNET, FORTY, LZMH, and AVDX
Should you be buying Cognyte Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cognyte Software include DoubleVerify (DV), Weibo (WB), Sprinklr (CXM), Appian (APPN), BigBear.ai (BBAI), WeRide (WRD), VNET Group (VNET), Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY), LZ Technology (LZMH), and AvidXchange (AVDX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Cognyte Software vs. Its Competitors
Cognyte Software (NASDAQ:CGNT) and DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
DoubleVerify has higher revenue and earnings than Cognyte Software. Cognyte Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoubleVerify, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, DoubleVerify had 32 more articles in the media than Cognyte Software. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for DoubleVerify and 3 mentions for Cognyte Software. Cognyte Software's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat DoubleVerify's score of 0.05 indicating that Cognyte Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DoubleVerify has a net margin of 7.55% compared to Cognyte Software's net margin of -2.18%. DoubleVerify's return on equity of 4.73% beat Cognyte Software's return on equity.
DoubleVerify has a consensus price target of $18.92, suggesting a potential upside of 22.89%. Given DoubleVerify's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DoubleVerify is more favorable than Cognyte Software.
72.9% of Cognyte Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of DoubleVerify shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.7% of Cognyte Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of DoubleVerify shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognyte Software has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DoubleVerify has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DoubleVerify beats Cognyte Software on 13 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:CGNT) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
