Cango (CANG) Competitors

Cango (NYSE:CANG) and Certara (NASDAQ:CERT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CANG or CERT?

Cango received 52 more outperform votes than Certara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.58% of users gave Cango an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Certara an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cango	Outperform Votes 76 57.58%	Underperform Votes 56 42.42%
Certara	Outperform Votes 24 33.33%	Underperform Votes 48 66.67%

Do analysts prefer CANG or CERT?

Certara has a consensus price target of $15.92, indicating a potential upside of 20.86%. Given Certara's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Certara is more favorable than Cango.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cango	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Certara	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is CANG or CERT more profitable?

Cango has a net margin of 51.90% compared to Certara's net margin of -8.34%. Cango's return on equity of 3.55% beat Certara's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cango	51.90%	3.55%	3.02%
Certara	-8.34%	3.43%	2.33%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CANG or CERT?

4.2% of Cango shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Certara shares are held by institutional investors. 29.1% of Cango shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Certara shares are held 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 stronger earnings & valuation, CANG or CERT?

Cango has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Certara. Certara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cango, 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
Cango	$239.71M	1.88	-$5.33M	$0.17	24.35
Certara	$354.34M	5.98	-$55.36M	-$0.20	-65.85

Which has more volatility and risk, CANG or CERT?

Cango has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Certara has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CANG or CERT?

In the previous week, Certara had 4 more articles in the media than Cango. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Certara and 0 mentions for Cango. Certara's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Cango's score of 0.00 indicating that Certara is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cango	Neutral
Certara	Positive

Summary

Cango and Certara tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.