PERI vs. NYAX, LSPD, OPRA, ZUO, RPD, VNET, KARO, NABL, ENFN, and COUR
Should you be buying Perion Network stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perion Network include Nayax (NYAX), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Opera (OPRA), Zuora (ZUO), Rapid7 (RPD), VNET Group (VNET), Karooooo (KARO), N-able (NABL), Enfusion (ENFN), and Coursera (COUR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Perion Network vs. Its Competitors
Perion Network (NASDAQ:PERI) and Nayax (NASDAQ:NYAX) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
Perion Network currently has a consensus price target of $12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.59%. Nayax has a consensus price target of $38.33, suggesting a potential downside of 24.41%. Given Perion Network's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Perion Network is more favorable than Nayax.
Perion Network has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nayax has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Perion Network has higher revenue and earnings than Nayax. Perion Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nayax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Perion Network had 2 more articles in the media than Nayax. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Perion Network and 4 mentions for Nayax. Nayax's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Perion Network's score of 0.50 indicating that Nayax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nayax has a net margin of 1.96% compared to Perion Network's net margin of -1.75%. Perion Network's return on equity of 2.88% beat Nayax's return on equity.
68.1% of Perion Network shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Nayax shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Perion Network shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Perion Network beats Nayax on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:PERI) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
