SLP vs. COUR, BASE, SEMR, IAS, PRCH, PD, TUYA, MLNK, JAMF, and VTEX
Should you be buying Simulations Plus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Simulations Plus include Coursera (COUR), Couchbase (BASE), Semrush (SEMR), Integral Ad Science (IAS), Porch Group (PRCH), PagerDuty (PD), Tuya (TUYA), MeridianLink (MLNK), Jamf (JAMF), and VTEX (VTEX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Simulations Plus vs. Its Competitors
Simulations Plus (NASDAQ:SLP) and Coursera (NYSE:COUR) are both small-cap computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Simulations Plus has a net margin of 9.18% compared to Coursera's net margin of -9.37%. Simulations Plus' return on equity of 7.86% beat Coursera's return on equity.
Simulations Plus currently has a consensus target price of $41.25, suggesting a potential upside of 130.38%. Coursera has a consensus target price of $9.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.64%. Given Simulations Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Simulations Plus is more favorable than Coursera.
78.1% of Simulations Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Coursera shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Simulations Plus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Coursera shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Simulations Plus has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coursera. Coursera is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Simulations Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Coursera had 3 more articles in the media than Simulations Plus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Coursera and 3 mentions for Simulations Plus. Coursera's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Simulations Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that Coursera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Simulations Plus has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coursera has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Simulations Plus beats Coursera on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SLP) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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