SPNS vs. ACIW, BLKB, SWI, PLUS, NTCT, VRNT, PRO, DMRC, SNCR, and VHC
Should you be buying Sapiens International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sapiens International include ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Blackbaud (BLKB), SolarWinds (SWI), ePlus (PLUS), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Verint Systems (VRNT), PROS (PRO), Digimarc (DMRC), Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), and VirnetX (VHC). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Sapiens International vs.
Sapiens International (NASDAQ:SPNS) and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ:ACIW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
ACI Worldwide has a net margin of 14.04% compared to Sapiens International's net margin of 13.23%. ACI Worldwide's return on equity of 21.67% beat Sapiens International's return on equity.
Sapiens International has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ACI Worldwide has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
30.7% of Sapiens International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Sapiens International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ACI Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ACI Worldwide received 3 more outperform votes than Sapiens International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.32% of users gave Sapiens International an outperform vote while only 62.99% of users gave ACI Worldwide an outperform vote.
ACI Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Sapiens International. Sapiens International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ACI Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sapiens International presently has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.06%. ACI Worldwide has a consensus price target of $49.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. Given Sapiens International's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sapiens International is more favorable than ACI Worldwide.
In the previous week, ACI Worldwide had 3 more articles in the media than Sapiens International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ACI Worldwide and 3 mentions for Sapiens International. ACI Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Sapiens International's score of 0.87 indicating that ACI Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ACI Worldwide beats Sapiens International on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SPNS) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
