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$20.46
-0.57 (-2.71%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

NTCT vs. NXGN, MDRX, VIAV, SYKE, SLP, ACIW, BLKB, PLUS, SWI, 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), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), Sykes Enterprises (SYKE), Simulations Plus (SLP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Blackbaud (BLKB), ePlus (PLUS), SolarWinds (SWI), and Sapiens International (SPNS).

NetScout Systems vs.

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

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

91.6% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of NextGen Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of NetScout Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of NextGen Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NetScout Systems presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.53%. Given NetScout Systems' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NetScout Systems is more favorable than NextGen Healthcare.

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

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 47.35% of users gave NextGen Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NetScout SystemsOutperform Votes
468
67.53%
Underperform Votes
225
32.47%
NextGen HealthcareOutperform Votes
143
47.35%
Underperform Votes
159
52.65%

In the previous week, NetScout Systems and NetScout Systems both had 2 articles in the media. NetScout Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat NextGen Healthcare's score of 0.52 indicating that NetScout Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NetScout Systems
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NextGen Healthcare
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
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
NetScout Systems-76.14% 5.31% 3.80%
NextGen Healthcare -0.89%11.37%5.38%

NextGen Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
NetScout Systems$829.46M1.76-$147.73M-$8.40-2.44
NextGen Healthcare$653.17M2.46-$2.65M-$0.10-239.38

Summary

NextGen Healthcare beats NetScout Systems on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NTCT vs. The Competition

MetricNetScout SystemsComputer integrated systems design IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.46B$3.69B$24.00B$8.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.70%2.75%4.14%
P/E Ratio-2.4416.10252.5615.14
Price / Sales1.7613.263,725.2893.53
Price / Cash3.9018.4232.1034.04
Price / Book1.0015.946.995.01
Net Income-$147.73M$30.61M$670.43M$225.46M
7 Day Performance-0.87%1.94%-0.34%0.37%
1 Month Performance-4.44%7.91%0.64%3.57%
1 Year Performance-5.97%25.52%20.29%29.42%

NetScout Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTCT
NetScout Systems
1.6384 of 5 stars
$20.46
-2.7%
$22.00
+7.5%
-6.1%$1.46B$829.46M-2.442,296Insider Selling
NXGN
NextGen Healthcare
N/A$23.94
flat
N/AN/A$1.61B$653.17M-239.382,783
MDRX
Veradigm
2.2045 of 5 stars
$9.25
flat
$12.00
+29.7%
-30.5%$1.01B$1.53B0.008,000Analyst Forecast
VIAV
Viavi Solutions
4.5419 of 5 stars
$9.39
+1.5%
$10.71
+14.0%
+29.1%$2.10B$1.00B-78.243,600Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SYKE
Sykes Enterprises
2.0791 of 5 stars
$54.00
flat
N/A+0.0%$2.15B$1.71B31.4061,100Analyst Forecast
SLP
Simulations Plus
3.799 of 5 stars
$30.72
-0.6%
$54.50
+77.4%
-20.0%$614.71M$70.01M62.70192
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
2.4668 of 5 stars
$49.19
-0.7%
$48.75
-0.9%
+144.5%$5.19B$1.53B29.113,212Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.32 of 5 stars
$86.20
0.0%
$90.67
+5.2%
+9.6%$4.45B$1.14B109.113,000Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
PLUS
ePlus
3.2967 of 5 stars
$97.34
+0.0%
$86.50
-11.1%
+40.4%$2.62B$2.20B23.861,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
SWI
SolarWinds
3.5612 of 5 stars
$12.45
-0.1%
$13.80
+10.8%
+39.7%$2.11B$758.74M95.772,103Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SPNS
Sapiens International
2.4779 of 5 stars
$37.47
+0.1%
$41.67
+11.2%
+40.8%$2.09B$514.58M30.715,000

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This page (NASDAQ:NTCT) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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