Radware (RDWR) Competitors

Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) and Alight (NYSE:ALIT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Do analysts prefer RDWR or ALIT?

Radware presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.86%. Alight has a consensus target price of $10.83, suggesting a potential upside of 57.92%. Given Alight's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alight is more favorable than Radware.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Radware	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Alight	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RDWR or ALIT?

73.1% of Radware shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Alight shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Radware shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Alight shares are held by 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.

Is RDWR or ALIT more profitable?

Radware has a net margin of -0.85% compared to Alight's net margin of -7.95%. Alight's return on equity of 5.61% beat Radware's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radware	-0.85%	1.41%	0.80%
Alight	-7.95%	5.61%	2.52%

Does the media prefer RDWR or ALIT?

In the previous week, Alight had 5 more articles in the media than Radware. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Alight and 3 mentions for Radware. Radware's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Alight's score of 0.67 indicating that Radware is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Radware	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alight	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RDWR or ALIT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Radware	$266.88M	3.55	-$21.59M	-$0.06	-376.33
Alight	$3.36B	1.11	-$345M	-$0.48	-14.29

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RDWR or ALIT?

Radware received 448 more outperform votes than Alight when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.36% of users gave Alight an outperform vote while only 69.05% of users gave Radware an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Radware	Outperform Votes 493 69.05%	Underperform Votes 221 30.95%
Alight	Outperform Votes 45 80.36%	Underperform Votes 11 19.64%

Which has more volatility & risk, RDWR or ALIT?

Radware has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alight has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alight beats Radware on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.