Vertex (VERX) Competitors

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate ZS or VERX?

Zscaler presently has a consensus price target of $224.84, suggesting a potential upside of 19.87%. Vertex has a consensus price target of $55.36, suggesting a potential downside of 1.84%. Given Zscaler's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Zscaler is more favorable than Vertex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zscaler	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
Vertex	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ZS or VERX?

Vertex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertex, 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
Zscaler	$2.17B	13.28	-$57.71M	-$0.25	-750.32
Vertex	$643.23M	13.67	-$13.09M	$0.18	313.33

Does the media prefer ZS or VERX?

In the previous week, Zscaler had 10 more articles in the media than Vertex. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Zscaler and 4 mentions for Vertex. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Zscaler's score of 0.60 indicating that Vertex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zscaler	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vertex	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZS or VERX?

Zscaler received 467 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.69% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote while only 46.81% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zscaler	Outperform Votes 511 60.69%	Underperform Votes 331 39.31%
Vertex	Outperform Votes 44 46.81%	Underperform Votes 50 53.19%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ZS or VERX?

46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Vertex shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Zscaler shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of Vertex shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ZS or VERX?

Zscaler has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ZS or VERX more profitable?

Vertex has a net margin of 4.73% compared to Zscaler's net margin of -1.58%. Vertex's return on equity of 24.92% beat Zscaler's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zscaler	-1.58%	-0.75%	-0.20%
Vertex	4.73%	24.92%	6.65%

Summary

Vertex beats Zscaler on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.