VRSN vs. AZPN, EPAM, DOX, EBAY, ZS, HCP, WIT, PRFT, PRO, and YALA
Should you be buying VeriSign stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VeriSign include Aspen Technology (AZPN), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Amdocs (DOX), eBay (EBAY), Zscaler (ZS), HashiCorp (HCP), Wipro (WIT), Perficient (PRFT), PROS (PRO), and Yalla Group (YALA).
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) and Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Aspen Technology received 61 more outperform votes than VeriSign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.26% of users gave VeriSign an outperform vote while only 61.91% of users gave Aspen Technology an outperform vote.
VeriSign currently has a consensus target price of $218.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.67%. Aspen Technology has a consensus target price of $219.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.10%. Given VeriSign's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe VeriSign is more favorable than Aspen Technology.
VeriSign has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aspen Technology has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Aspen Technology had 3 more articles in the media than VeriSign. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Aspen Technology and 10 mentions for VeriSign. VeriSign's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Aspen Technology's score of 0.57 indicating that VeriSign is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.9% of VeriSign shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Aspen Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of VeriSign shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Aspen Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
VeriSign has a net margin of 55.04% compared to Aspen Technology's net margin of -2.46%. Aspen Technology's return on equity of 2.76% beat VeriSign's return on equity.
VeriSign has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VeriSign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
VeriSign beats Aspen Technology on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VRSN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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