N-able (NABL) Competitors

N-able (NYSE:NABL) and IonQ (NYSE:IONQ) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is NABL or IONQ more profitable?

N-able has a net margin of 8.08% compared to IonQ's net margin of -457.85%. N-able's return on equity of 6.31% beat IonQ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
N-able	8.08%	6.31%	3.90%
IonQ	-457.85%	-36.82%	-32.48%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NABL or IONQ?

96.3% of N-able shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of IonQ shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of N-able shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.6% of IonQ shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer NABL or IONQ?

In the previous week, IonQ had 23 more articles in the media than N-able. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for IonQ and 2 mentions for N-able. N-able's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat IonQ's score of 0.42 indicating that N-able is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
N-able	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IonQ	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, NABL or IONQ?

N-able has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IonQ has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NABL or IONQ?

N-able received 6 more outperform votes than IonQ when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.04% of users gave N-able an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave IonQ an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
N-able	Outperform Votes 29 63.04%	Underperform Votes 17 36.96%
IonQ	Outperform Votes 23 53.49%	Underperform Votes 20 46.51%

Do analysts rate NABL or IONQ?

N-able presently has a consensus target price of $9.38, indicating a potential upside of 29.94%. IonQ has a consensus target price of $44.80, indicating a potential upside of 96.61%. Given IonQ's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IonQ is more favorable than N-able.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
N-able	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
IonQ	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NABL or IONQ?

N-able has higher revenue and earnings than IonQ. IonQ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than N-able, 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
N-able	$466.15M	2.92	$23.41M	$0.17	42.44
IonQ	$43.07M	117.89	-$157.77M	-$1.54	-14.80

Summary

N-able beats IonQ on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.