Rackspace Technology (RXT) Competitors

Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ:RXT) and N-able (NYSE:NABL) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend RXT or NABL?

Rackspace Technology currently has a consensus target price of $1.63, indicating a potential upside of 12.64%. N-able has a consensus target price of $9.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.48%. Given N-able's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe N-able is more favorable than Rackspace Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rackspace Technology	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
N-able	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has more risk & volatility, RXT or NABL?

Rackspace Technology has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N-able has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, RXT or NABL?

N-able has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rackspace Technology. Rackspace Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than N-able, 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
Rackspace Technology	$2.74B	0.13	-$858.20M	-$1.28	-1.13
N-able	$466.15M	3.24	$30.96M	$0.09	88.67

Is RXT or NABL more profitable?

N-able has a net margin of 3.47% compared to Rackspace Technology's net margin of -10.82%. N-able's return on equity of 5.20% beat Rackspace Technology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rackspace Technology	-10.82%	N/A	-1.55%
N-able	3.47%	5.20%	3.09%

Does the media prefer RXT or NABL?

In the previous week, Rackspace Technology and Rackspace Technology both had 2 articles in the media. N-able's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Rackspace Technology's score of 0.00 indicating that N-able is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rackspace Technology	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
N-able	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RXT or NABL?

82.5% of Rackspace Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.4% of N-able shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Rackspace Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of N-able shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

N-able beats Rackspace Technology on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.