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$68.34 -1.59 (-2.27%)
As of 07/15/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

PLUS vs. INFA, HCP, ACIW, SWI, BLKB, NTCT, SPNS, VRNT, PRO, and DMRC

Should you be buying ePlus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ePlus include Informatica (INFA), HashiCorp (HCP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SolarWinds (SWI), Blackbaud (BLKB), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Sapiens International (SPNS), Verint Systems (VRNT), PROS (PRO), and Digimarc (DMRC). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

ePlus vs. Its Competitors

ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) and Informatica (NYSE:INFA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

ePlus has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informatica has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Informatica had 2 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Informatica and 4 mentions for ePlus. ePlus' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Informatica's score of 0.95 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ePlus
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Informatica
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ePlus has a net margin of 5.22% compared to Informatica's net margin of 0.12%. ePlus' return on equity of 11.34% beat Informatica's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ePlus5.22% 11.34% 6.17%
Informatica 0.12%5.89%2.66%

93.8% of ePlus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of ePlus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Informatica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Informatica has a consensus target price of $24.46, indicating a potential upside of 1.02%. Given Informatica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Informatica is more favorable than ePlus.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ePlus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Informatica
0 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.06

ePlus has higher revenue and earnings than Informatica.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ePlus$2.07B0.88$107.98M$4.0516.87
Informatica$1.64B4.47$9.93MN/AN/A

Summary

Informatica beats ePlus on 8 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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PLUS vs. The Competition

MetricePlusBusiness Software Services/BPO IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.86B$9.05B$27.98B$9.29B
Dividend YieldN/A1.04%3.14%4.03%
P/E Ratio16.875.6233.0719.58
Price / Sales0.883.171,765.9395.01
Price / Cash13.5320.6137.6457.93
Price / Book1.866.957.455.54
Net Income$107.98M$258.81M$779.73M$257.73M
7 Day Performance-4.53%-3.08%-0.66%-0.08%
1 Month Performance-1.48%-2.75%4.90%8.09%
1 Year Performance-17.43%0.98%52,715.16%13.02%

ePlus Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLUS
ePlus
2.719 of 5 stars
$68.34
-2.3%
N/A-13.5%$1.86B$2.07B16.872,199
INFA
Informatica
2.2067 of 5 stars
$24.47
+0.2%
$24.46
0.0%
-11.0%$7.39B$1.66B-2,447,000.005,200
HCP
HashiCorp
0.5636 of 5 stars
$34.78
flat
$35.00
+0.6%
N/A$7.11B$654.89M-57.021,850
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
4.0716 of 5 stars
$45.47
-1.6%
$60.00
+32.0%
+6.3%$4.85B$1.59B17.903,103News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
SWI
SolarWinds
0.9904 of 5 stars
$18.49
flat
$18.00
-2.7%
N/A$3.20B$796.90M29.352,300
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.6238 of 5 stars
$65.26
-0.7%
$78.67
+20.5%
-19.1%$3.19B$1.16B-11.062,600News Coverage
Positive News
NTCT
NetScout Systems
1.7761 of 5 stars
$24.10
-3.0%
$25.00
+3.7%
+17.4%$1.77B$822.68M-4.682,123News Coverage
SPNS
Sapiens International
3.159 of 5 stars
$29.81
-0.9%
$34.25
+14.9%
-23.1%$1.68B$542.38M22.934,850
VRNT
Verint Systems
4.5399 of 5 stars
$21.20
-1.4%
$30.33
+43.1%
-38.6%$1.29B$909.19M25.853,800
PRO
PROS
2.6213 of 5 stars
$16.35
-1.6%
$28.00
+71.3%
-39.9%$794.83M$330.37M-58.391,501Trending News
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DMRC
Digimarc
2.1937 of 5 stars
$13.06
-4.7%
$30.00
+129.7%
-61.3%$295.26M$38.42M-6.95230

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This page (NASDAQ:PLUS) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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