DV vs. CFLT, DSGX, DAY, LNW, GTLB, NICE, TEM, KD, DBX, and APPF
Should you be buying DoubleVerify stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DoubleVerify include Confluent (CFLT), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), Dayforce (DAY), Light & Wonder (LNW), GitLab (GTLB), NICE (NICE), Tempus AI (TEM), Kyndryl (KD), Dropbox (DBX), and AppFolio (APPF). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
DoubleVerify vs.
Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) and DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
DoubleVerify has a net margin of 10.33% compared to Confluent's net margin of -35.81%. DoubleVerify's return on equity of 5.99% beat Confluent's return on equity.
Confluent has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DoubleVerify has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Confluent currently has a consensus price target of $35.15, suggesting a potential upside of 45.79%. DoubleVerify has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.19%. Given DoubleVerify's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DoubleVerify is more favorable than Confluent.
Confluent received 17 more outperform votes than DoubleVerify when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave DoubleVerify an outperform vote while only 54.44% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote.
78.1% of Confluent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of DoubleVerify shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Confluent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of DoubleVerify shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DoubleVerify has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Confluent. Confluent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoubleVerify, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Confluent had 3 more articles in the media than DoubleVerify. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Confluent and 21 mentions for DoubleVerify. Confluent's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat DoubleVerify's score of 0.29 indicating that Confluent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
DoubleVerify beats Confluent on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DV) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
