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Digimarc (DMRC) Competitors

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$37.89 +0.40 (+1.07%)
(As of 01:00 PM ET)

DMRC vs. SWI, PLUS, VRNT, SPNS, NTCT, PRO, SNCR, SEAC, VHC, and CRM

Should you be buying Digimarc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digimarc include SolarWinds (SWI), ePlus (PLUS), Verint Systems (VRNT), Sapiens International (SPNS), NetScout Systems (NTCT), PROS (PRO), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), SeaChange International (SEAC), VirnetX (VHC), and Salesforce (CRM). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Digimarc vs.

Digimarc (NASDAQ:DMRC) and SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Digimarc$39.04M20.57-$45.96M-$1.95-19.23
SolarWinds$784.73M3.11-$9.11M$0.2265.00

Digimarc has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolarWinds has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SolarWinds had 9 more articles in the media than Digimarc. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for SolarWinds and 2 mentions for Digimarc. SolarWinds' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Digimarc's score of -0.32 indicating that SolarWinds is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Digimarc
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
SolarWinds
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Digimarc presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.31%. SolarWinds has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.90%. Given SolarWinds' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SolarWinds is more favorable than Digimarc.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Digimarc
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
SolarWinds
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Digimarc-104.84% -41.67% -34.11%
SolarWinds 4.93%7.96%3.39%

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 59.34% of users gave SolarWinds an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DigimarcOutperform Votes
324
66.80%
Underperform Votes
161
33.20%
SolarWindsOutperform Votes
359
59.34%
Underperform Votes
246
40.66%

66.8% of Digimarc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of Digimarc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Digimarc pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. SolarWinds pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Digimarc pays out -22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SolarWinds pays out 681.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

SolarWinds beats Digimarc on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DMRC vs. The Competition

MetricDigimarcComputer integrated systems design IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$803.07M$3.87B$9.24B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A1.93%2.15%4.28%
P/E Ratio-19.2315.5420.8717.11
Price / Sales20.5738.974.50122.74
Price / CashN/A22.2719.2437.85
Price / Book12.3319.264.244.78
Net Income-$45.96M$30.17M$396.72M$225.43M
7 Day Performance-2.50%-3.39%-3.86%-0.82%
1 Month Performance14.75%-1.02%-2.99%1.02%
1 Year Performance3.19%6.92%15.28%15.72%

Digimarc Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DMRC
Digimarc
0.2015 of 5 stars
$37.89
+1.1%
$34.00
-10.3%
+3.2%$811.64M$39.04M-19.43248
SWI
SolarWinds
3.3095 of 5 stars
$14.84
+0.8%
$14.00
-5.7%
+17.7%$2.53B$758.74M66.912,103
PLUS
ePlus
3.9615 of 5 stars
$79.00
+2.4%
$86.50
+9.5%
-7.1%$2.12B$2.12B19.141,900Positive News
VRNT
Verint Systems
4.1961 of 5 stars
$29.30
+1.0%
$35.67
+21.7%
+0.1%$1.82B$920.75M31.193,700Insider Trade
Positive News
SPNS
Sapiens International
3.8928 of 5 stars
$29.15
+2.4%
$36.00
+23.5%
-6.1%$1.63B$514.58M22.435,000News Coverage
Positive News
NTCT
NetScout Systems
1.7161 of 5 stars
$22.68
+1.3%
$22.00
-3.0%
-4.3%$1.63B$787.19M-2.662,296
PRO
PROS
2.6099 of 5 stars
$24.07
+2.6%
$31.88
+32.4%
-43.3%$1.14B$322.89M-37.841,486
SNCR
Synchronoss Technologies
3.6496 of 5 stars
$9.96
-3.1%
$13.00
+30.5%
+70.7%$107.97M$164.20M-2.651,321
SEAC
SeaChange International
0.1313 of 5 stars
$6.66
+1.4%
N/A+181.4%$15.58M$32.76M0.00100
VHC
VirnetX
0.0391 of 5 stars
$4.11
-7.4%
N/A-35.7%$15.33M$5,000.00-0.8327Gap Up
CRM
Salesforce
4.9085 of 5 stars
$355.19
+0.2%
$377.24
+6.2%
+28.7%$339.92B$37.19B58.4972,682Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:DMRC) was last updated on 12/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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