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Western Acquisition Ventures (WAVS) Competitors

$11.42 +0.36 (+3.26%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

WAVS vs. EGAN, SSTI, CCRD, ARBE, CMCM, ISSC, CSPI, XNET, SKIL, and FNGR

Should you be buying Western Acquisition Ventures stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Acquisition Ventures include eGain (EGAN), SoundThinking (SSTI), CoreCard (CCRD), Arbe Robotics (ARBE), Cheetah Mobile (CMCM), Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), CSP (CSPI), Xunlei (XNET), Skillsoft (SKIL), and FingerMotion (FNGR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Western Acquisition Ventures vs.

eGain (NASDAQ:EGAN) and Western Acquisition Ventures (NASDAQ:WAVS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

eGain has a net margin of 6.45% compared to Western Acquisition Ventures' net margin of 0.00%. eGain's return on equity of 9.53% beat Western Acquisition Ventures' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
eGain6.45% 9.53% 4.78%
Western Acquisition Ventures N/A N/A N/A

eGain received 382 more outperform votes than Western Acquisition Ventures when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
eGainOutperform Votes
382
69.08%
Underperform Votes
171
30.92%
Western Acquisition VenturesN/AN/A

53.9% of eGain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Western Acquisition Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.7% of eGain shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.3% of Western Acquisition Ventures shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

eGain has higher revenue and earnings than Western Acquisition Ventures.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
eGain$92.80M1.58$7.78M$0.1927.11
Western Acquisition VenturesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, eGain had 5 more articles in the media than Western Acquisition Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for eGain and 0 mentions for Western Acquisition Ventures. Western Acquisition Ventures' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat eGain's score of 0.67 indicating that Western Acquisition Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
eGain Positive
Western Acquisition Ventures Positive

eGain presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 84.47%. Given eGain's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe eGain is more favorable than Western Acquisition Ventures.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
eGain
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Western Acquisition Ventures
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

eGain has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Acquisition Ventures has a beta of -0.21, suggesting that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

eGain beats Western Acquisition Ventures on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WAVS vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Acquisition VenturesHolding Offices IndustryUnclassified SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$39.95M$261.73M$108.28M$8.80B
Dividend YieldN/A7.57%5.20%4.07%
P/E RatioN/A2.161.0713.60
Price / SalesN/A155.741.1687.40
Price / CashN/A80.91100.1736.27
Price / BookN/A73.36519.866.33
Net IncomeN/A$32.24M$2.82M$225.93M
7 Day Performance3.58%-0.40%-0.41%-0.96%
1 Month Performance-2.60%-4.95%-3.37%1.06%
1 Year Performance5.69%14.10%15.45%26.59%

Western Acquisition Ventures Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WAVS
Western Acquisition Ventures
N/A$11.42
+3.3%
N/A+5.6%$39.95MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
EGAN
eGain
3.4668 of 5 stars
$5.15
+2.0%
$9.50
+84.5%
-32.8%$146.88M$92.80M26.58690Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
SSTI
SoundThinking
3.5918 of 5 stars
$11.62
+1.4%
$21.20
+82.4%
-52.5%$146.30M$92.72M0.00213Analyst Revision
CCRD
CoreCard
1.1696 of 5 stars
$18.39
-1.1%
$15.00
-18.4%
+10.9%$145.28M$56M37.771,150
ARBE
Arbe Robotics
0.3988 of 5 stars
$1.79
-1.1%
N/A-4.7%$144.51M$1.47M0.00120Upcoming Earnings
CMCM
Cheetah Mobile
0.549 of 5 stars
$4.65
-0.6%
N/A+113.7%$138.94M$94.30M0.00850News Coverage
Gap Up
ISSC
Innovative Solutions and Support
1.0237 of 5 stars
$7.69
-0.4%
N/A+5.9%$134.58M$34.81M20.8680Positive News
CSPI
CSP
0.5745 of 5 stars
$13.21
-2.7%
N/A+9.4%$128.93M$64.65M48.46120News Coverage
XNET
Xunlei
2.1874 of 5 stars
$1.90
flat
N/A+27.5%$120.97M$364.91M8.261,215Analyst Upgrade
SKIL
Skillsoft
3.2479 of 5 stars
$14.40
-1.0%
$36.67
+154.6%
-28.7%$118.51M$553.24M0.002,318
FNGR
FingerMotion
0.3331 of 5 stars
$1.92
+0.5%
N/A-52.7%$103.32M$35.79M0.0070Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WAVS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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