NTCT vs. INFA, ACIW, BLKB, SWI, PLUS, VRNT, SPNS, PRO, DMRC, and SNCR
Should you be buying NetScout Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NetScout Systems include Informatica (INFA), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Blackbaud (BLKB), SolarWinds (SWI), ePlus (PLUS), Verint Systems (VRNT), Sapiens International (SPNS), PROS (PRO), Digimarc (DMRC), and Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
NetScout Systems vs.
NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) and Informatica (NYSE:INFA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Informatica had 21 more articles in the media than NetScout Systems. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Informatica and 3 mentions for NetScout Systems. Informatica's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat NetScout Systems' score of 0.28 indicating that Informatica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NetScout Systems received 136 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.48% of users gave NetScout Systems an outperform vote while only 60.66% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Informatica shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of NetScout Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Informatica shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NetScout Systems has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informatica has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Informatica has higher revenue and earnings than NetScout Systems. NetScout Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informatica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Informatica has a net margin of 0.61% compared to NetScout Systems' net margin of -50.90%. NetScout Systems' return on equity of 6.76% beat Informatica's return on equity.
NetScout Systems currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.49%. Informatica has a consensus target price of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Informatica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Informatica is more favorable than NetScout Systems.
Summary
Informatica 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 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
