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eGain (EGAN) Competitors

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$5.05 +0.02 (+0.40%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

EGAN vs. SSTI, CMCM, XNET, WIMI, RXT, MGIC, BBAI, CGNT, ECX, and RDVT

Should you be buying eGain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of eGain include SoundThinking (SSTI), Cheetah Mobile (CMCM), Xunlei (XNET), WiMi Hologram Cloud (WIMI), Rackspace Technology (RXT), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), BigBear.ai (BBAI), Cognyte Software (CGNT), ECARX (ECX), and Red Violet (RDVT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

eGain vs.

eGain (NASDAQ:EGAN) and SoundThinking (NASDAQ:SSTI) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.

eGain presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 88.12%. SoundThinking has a consensus target price of $21.20, suggesting a potential upside of 84.99%. Given eGain's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe eGain is more favorable than SoundThinking.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
eGain
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
SoundThinking
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

eGain has higher revenue and earnings than SoundThinking. SoundThinking is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than eGain, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
eGain$92.80M1.55$7.78M$0.1926.58
SoundThinking$92.72M1.56-$2.72M-$0.12-95.49

eGain has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SoundThinking has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SoundThinking had 13 more articles in the media than eGain. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for SoundThinking and 5 mentions for eGain. eGain's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat SoundThinking's score of 0.37 indicating that eGain is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
eGain
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SoundThinking
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

53.9% of eGain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of SoundThinking shares are held by institutional investors. 37.7% of eGain shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of SoundThinking shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

eGain received 22 more outperform votes than SoundThinking when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.08% of users gave eGain an outperform vote while only 68.44% of users gave SoundThinking an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
eGainOutperform Votes
382
69.08%
Underperform Votes
171
30.92%
SoundThinkingOutperform Votes
360
68.44%
Underperform Votes
166
31.56%

eGain has a net margin of 6.45% compared to SoundThinking's net margin of -1.39%. eGain's return on equity of 9.53% beat SoundThinking's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
eGain6.45% 9.53% 4.78%
SoundThinking -1.39%-8.74%-4.57%

Summary

eGain beats SoundThinking on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EGAN vs. The Competition

MetriceGainPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$143.48M$25.43B$24.16B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A2.26%2.76%4.07%
P/E Ratio26.5860.15227.4413.46
Price / Sales1.559.113,404.1387.66
Price / Cash13.9487.8033.0636.27
Price / Book2.598.696.796.30
Net Income$7.78M$444.73M$658.63M$225.93M
7 Day Performance-6.13%-0.07%0.15%-1.32%
1 Month Performance2.64%4.17%0.71%0.60%
1 Year Performance-32.76%23.90%18.91%26.23%

eGain Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EGAN
eGain
3.4668 of 5 stars
$5.05
+0.4%
$9.50
+88.1%
-32.8%$143.48M$92.80M26.58690Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
SSTI
SoundThinking
3.5918 of 5 stars
$11.46
-2.6%
$21.20
+85.0%
-52.5%$148.04M$92.72M0.00213Analyst Revision
CMCM
Cheetah Mobile
0.549 of 5 stars
$4.68
+8.8%
N/A+113.7%$128.60M$94.30M0.00850News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
XNET
Xunlei
2.1874 of 5 stars
$1.90
-2.6%
N/A+27.5%$124.16M$364.91M8.261,215Analyst Upgrade
WIMI
WiMi Hologram Cloud
0.9268 of 5 stars
$0.77
+1.3%
N/A+19.9%$65.90M$82.65M0.00210
RXT
Rackspace Technology
0.5596 of 5 stars
$2.32
-2.1%
$2.47
+6.3%
+58.9%$539.34M$2.96B0.005,800Analyst Forecast
MGIC
Magic Software Enterprises
4.1555 of 5 stars
$10.92
-0.4%
$15.00
+37.4%
+26.4%$538.13M$535.05M15.603,628Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BBAI
BigBear.ai
2.6627 of 5 stars
$2.10
+1.9%
$3.25
+55.1%
+14.8%$516.21M$155.16M0.00660Options Volume
CGNT
Cognyte Software
3.9798 of 5 stars
$7.46
+6.9%
$8.25
+10.6%
+65.8%$501.82M$313.40M0.001,613Buyback Announcement
ECX
ECARX
0.2915 of 5 stars
$1.64
+10.8%
N/A-46.4%$500.17M$657.10M0.002,020Gap Up
RDVT
Red Violet
1.3121 of 5 stars
$35.01
-0.5%
$25.00
-28.6%
+73.2%$485.47M$60.20M97.25140Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:EGAN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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