NTCT vs. ACIW, BLKB, SWI, PLUS, VRNT, SPNS, PRO, DMRC, SNCR, and VHC
Should you be buying NetScout Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetScout Systems include ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Blackbaud (BLKB), SolarWinds (SWI), ePlus (PLUS), Verint Systems (VRNT), Sapiens International (SPNS), PROS (PRO), Digimarc (DMRC), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), and VirnetX (VHC). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
NetScout Systems vs.
NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.
91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of NetScout Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ACI Worldwide 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.
NetScout Systems has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NetScout Systems currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.47%. ACI Worldwide has a consensus target price of $49.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.71%. Given NetScout Systems' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NetScout Systems is more favorable than ACI Worldwide.
ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 14.04% compared to NetScout Systems' net margin of -76.14%. ACI Worldwide's return on equity of 21.67% beat NetScout Systems' return on equity.
NetScout Systems received 149 more outperform votes than ACI Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave NetScout Systems an outperform vote while only 62.99% of users gave ACI Worldwide an outperform vote.
ACI Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than NetScout Systems. NetScout Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACI Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ACI Worldwide had 5 more articles in the media than NetScout Systems. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ACI Worldwide and 2 mentions for NetScout Systems. ACI Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat NetScout Systems' score of 0.90 indicating that ACI Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ACI Worldwide beats NetScout Systems on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NTCT) was last updated on 1/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
