Compass (COMP) Competitors

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

Is NTNX or COMP more profitable?

Compass has a net margin of -2.74% compared to Nutanix's net margin of -3.54%. Nutanix's return on equity of -12.28% beat Compass' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutanix	-3.54%	-12.28%	3.30%
Compass	-2.74%	-39.72%	-13.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NTNX or COMP?

Nutanix received 638 more outperform votes than Compass when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.09% of users gave Nutanix an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave Compass an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nutanix	Outperform Votes 703 70.09%	Underperform Votes 300 29.91%
Compass	Outperform Votes 65 61.32%	Underperform Votes 41 38.68%

Do analysts rate NTNX or COMP?

Nutanix currently has a consensus target price of $87.79, suggesting a potential upside of 13.36%. Compass has a consensus target price of $9.61, suggesting a potential upside of 10.55%. Given Nutanix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nutanix is more favorable than Compass.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutanix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Compass	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NTNX or COMP?

Nutanix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Compass. Nutanix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass, 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
Nutanix	$2.32B	8.95	-$124.78M	-$0.28	-276.57
Compass	$5.63B	0.79	-$321.30M	-$0.31	-28.03

Which has more risk & volatility, NTNX or COMP?

Nutanix has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass has a beta of 2.95, meaning that its stock price is 195% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor NTNX or COMP?

In the previous week, Nutanix had 58 more articles in the media than Compass. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Nutanix and 3 mentions for Compass. Nutanix's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Compass' score of 0.25 indicating that Nutanix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nutanix	20 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Compass	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NTNX or COMP?

85.3% of Nutanix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.1% of Compass shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Nutanix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Compass shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Nutanix beats Compass on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.