TechTarget (TTGT) Competitors

Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) and TechTarget (NASDAQ:TTGT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RDWR or TTGT?

Radware received 79 more outperform votes than TechTarget when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.46% of users gave TechTarget 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%
TechTarget	Outperform Votes 414 69.46%	Underperform Votes 182 30.54%

Is RDWR or TTGT more profitable?

Radware has a net margin of -0.85% compared to TechTarget's net margin of -5.34%. TechTarget's return on equity of 5.44% beat Radware's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Radware	-0.85%	1.41%	0.80%
TechTarget	-5.34%	5.44%	1.78%

Do analysts recommend RDWR or TTGT?

Radware presently has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.04%. TechTarget has a consensus price target of $38.17, indicating a potential upside of 31.56%. Given TechTarget's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TechTarget 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
TechTarget	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RDWR or TTGT?

73.1% of Radware shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of TechTarget shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Radware shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of TechTarget shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RDWR or TTGT?

Radware has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechTarget has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RDWR or TTGT?

TechTarget has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Radware. Radware is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechTarget, 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	$261.29M	3.71	-$21.59M	-$0.06	-384.44
TechTarget	$229.96M	3.69	$4.46M	-$0.42	-69.07

Does the media favor RDWR or TTGT?

In the previous week, TechTarget had 21 more articles in the media than Radware. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for TechTarget and 3 mentions for Radware. Radware's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat TechTarget's score of 0.51 indicating that Radware is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Radware	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
TechTarget	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

TechTarget beats Radware on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.