DMRC vs. SWI, PLUS, NTCT, VRNT, SPNS, PRO, SNCR, VHC, SEAC, and CRM
Should you be buying Digimarc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digimarc include SolarWinds (SWI), ePlus (PLUS), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Verint Systems (VRNT), Sapiens International (SPNS), PROS (PRO), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), VirnetX (VHC), SeaChange International (SEAC), and Salesforce (CRM). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Digimarc vs.
SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) and Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
SolarWinds has higher revenue and earnings than Digimarc. Digimarc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SolarWinds, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SolarWinds has a net margin of 4.93% compared to Digimarc's net margin of -104.84%. SolarWinds' return on equity of 7.96% beat Digimarc's return on equity.
94.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.9% of Digimarc shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Digimarc shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SolarWinds presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.27%. Digimarc has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.69%. Given SolarWinds' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe SolarWinds is more favorable than Digimarc.
In the previous week, SolarWinds had 8 more articles in the media than Digimarc. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SolarWinds and 1 mentions for Digimarc. Digimarc's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat SolarWinds' score of 0.80 indicating that Digimarc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SolarWinds has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digimarc has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SolarWinds received 35 more outperform votes than Digimarc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.80% of users gave Digimarc an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave SolarWinds an outperform vote.
Summary
SolarWinds beats Digimarc on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DMRC) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
