VRNS vs. VERX, ZI, CVLT, CWAN, WK, TENB, QLYS, SMAR, FRSH, and BLKB Should you be buying Varonis Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Varonis Systems include Vertex (VERX), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Workiva (WK), Tenable (TENB), Qualys (QLYS), Smartsheet (SMAR), Freshworks (FRSH), and Blackbaud (BLKB). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS ) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX ) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Varonis Systems has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Varonis Systems had 5 more articles in the media than Vertex. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Varonis Systems and 5 mentions for Vertex. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Varonis Systems' score of 0.83 indicating that Vertex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vertex has a net margin of 1.29% compared to Varonis Systems' net margin of -20.38%. Vertex's return on equity of 18.67% beat Varonis Systems' return on equity.
95.7% of Varonis Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of Vertex shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Varonis Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.0% of Vertex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vertex has higher revenue and earnings than Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Varonis Systems presently has a consensus price target of $49.06, indicating a potential upside of 13.75%. Vertex has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Given Varonis Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Varonis Systems is more favorable than Vertex.
Varonis Systems received 836 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.83% of users gave Varonis Systems an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.
Summary Varonis Systems and Vertex tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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