PROS (PRO) Competitors

ePlus (NASDAQ:PLUS) and PROS (NYSE:PRO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Do analysts recommend PLUS or PRO?

ePlus currently has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.79%. PROS has a consensus target price of $31.63, suggesting a potential upside of 93.01%. Given PROS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PROS is more favorable than ePlus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ePlus	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
PROS	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has better valuation & earnings, PLUS or PRO?

ePlus has higher revenue and earnings than PROS. PROS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ePlus, 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
ePlus	$2.13B	0.73	$115.78M	$3.92	14.93
PROS	$330.37M	2.37	-$20.48M	-$0.44	-37.24

Which has more risk and volatility, PLUS or PRO?

ePlus has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PROS has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PLUS or PRO more profitable?

ePlus has a net margin of 4.93% compared to PROS's net margin of -6.20%. ePlus' return on equity of 11.23% beat PROS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ePlus	4.93%	11.23%	6.19%
PROS	-6.20%	N/A	-3.80%

Does the media favor PLUS or PRO?

In the previous week, PROS had 9 more articles in the media than ePlus. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for PROS and 14 mentions for ePlus. ePlus' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat PROS's score of 0.32 indicating that ePlus is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ePlus	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PROS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLUS or PRO?

PROS received 321 more outperform votes than ePlus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.95% of users gave PROS an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave ePlus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ePlus	Outperform Votes 269 63.15%	Underperform Votes 157 36.85%
PROS	Outperform Votes 590 71.95%	Underperform Votes 230 28.05%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PLUS or PRO?

93.8% of ePlus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of PROS shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of ePlus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PROS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ePlus and PROS tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.