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$21.81 +0.25 (+1.16%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

NTCT vs. NXGN, MDRX, SYKE, VIAV, SLP, ACIW, BLKB, SWI, PLUS, and SPNS

Should you be buying NetScout Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetScout Systems include NextGen Healthcare (NXGN), Veradigm (MDRX), Sykes Enterprises (SYKE), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Simulations Plus (SLP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Blackbaud (BLKB), SolarWinds (SWI), ePlus (PLUS), and Sapiens International (SPNS).

NetScout Systems vs.

NextGen Healthcare (NASDAQ:NXGN) and NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

NetScout Systems received 325 more outperform votes than NextGen Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.53% of users gave NetScout Systems an outperform vote while only 46.89% of users gave NextGen Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NextGen HealthcareOutperform Votes
143
46.89%
Underperform Votes
162
53.11%
NetScout SystemsOutperform Votes
468
67.53%
Underperform Votes
225
32.47%

NetScout Systems has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.87%. Given NetScout Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NetScout Systems is more favorable than NextGen Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NextGen Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
NetScout Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, NetScout Systems had 2 more articles in the media than NextGen Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NetScout Systems and 2 mentions for NextGen Healthcare. NetScout Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat NextGen Healthcare's score of 0.52 indicating that NetScout Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NextGen Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NetScout Systems
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

NextGen Healthcare has a net margin of -0.89% compared to NetScout Systems' net margin of -76.14%. NextGen Healthcare's return on equity of 11.37% beat NetScout Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NextGen Healthcare-0.89% 11.37% 5.38%
NetScout Systems -76.14%5.31%3.80%

NextGen Healthcare has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NetScout Systems has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

76.7% of NextGen Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of NextGen Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of NetScout Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NextGen Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NetScout Systems. NextGen Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NetScout Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NextGen Healthcare$653.17M2.46-$2.65M-$0.10-239.38
NetScout Systems$829.46M1.89-$147.73M-$8.40-2.60

Summary

NetScout Systems beats NextGen Healthcare on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NTCT vs. The Competition

MetricNetScout SystemsComputer integrated systems design IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.56B$4.08B$24.25B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A1.83%2.75%4.09%
P/E Ratio-2.6018.22253.0617.81
Price / Sales1.8919.693,290.75162.50
Price / Cash3.8920.8833.8136.29
Price / Book1.077.267.046.50
Net Income-$147.73M$31.32M$668.88M$226.10M
7 Day Performance-0.23%4.82%4.79%3.98%
1 Month Performance1.96%7.88%4.88%3.79%
1 Year Performance6.60%20.29%21.44%29.31%

NetScout Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTCT
NetScout Systems
2.2557 of 5 stars
$21.81
+1.2%
$22.00
+0.9%
+6.6%$1.56B$829.46M-2.602,296Positive News
NXGN
NextGen Healthcare
N/A$23.94
flat
N/AN/A$1.61B$653.17M-239.382,783Analyst Forecast
MDRX
Veradigm
0.9182 of 5 stars
$10.99
+4.6%
$11.75
+6.9%
-11.4%$1.18B$1.50B0.008,000Gap Up
SYKE
Sykes Enterprises
N/A$54.00
flat
N/A+0.0%$2.15B$1.71B20.0061,100
VIAV
Viavi Solutions
3.4576 of 5 stars
$10.07
+1.7%
$10.44
+3.7%
+27.5%$2.23B$990.70M-58.243,600Analyst Forecast
SLP
Simulations Plus
4.2634 of 5 stars
$31.17
+3.8%
$51.40
+64.9%
-20.8%$625.58M$70.01M61.31192
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
2.7581 of 5 stars
$57.00
+2.3%
$49.50
-13.2%
+127.3%$5.98B$1.62B26.413,212
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.0673 of 5 stars
$86.01
+0.7%
$86.67
+0.8%
+15.2%$4.36B$1.11B83.703,000Insider Trade
News Coverage
SWI
SolarWinds
3.8655 of 5 stars
$13.18
+1.0%
$14.00
+6.2%
+15.1%$2.25B$758.74M59.322,103
PLUS
ePlus
3.7352 of 5 stars
$82.28
+2.4%
$86.50
+5.1%
+31.1%$2.21B$2.23B19.931,900Positive News
SPNS
Sapiens International
3.4967 of 5 stars
$28.06
+1.9%
$36.00
+28.3%
+8.8%$1.56B$514.58M21.755,000Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:NTCT) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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