SWI vs. PEGA, INFA, HCP, ACIW, BLKB, PLUS, VRNT, NTCT, SPNS, and PRO
Should you be buying SolarWinds stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SolarWinds include Pegasystems (PEGA), Informatica (INFA), HashiCorp (HCP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Blackbaud (BLKB), ePlus (PLUS), Verint Systems (VRNT), NetScout Systems (NTCT), Sapiens International (SPNS), and PROS (PRO). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
SolarWinds vs.
SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.
Pegasystems received 133 more outperform votes than SolarWinds when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.29% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave SolarWinds an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Pegasystems had 18 more articles in the media than SolarWinds. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Pegasystems and 6 mentions for SolarWinds. SolarWinds' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Pegasystems' score of 0.76 indicating that SolarWinds is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.0% of SolarWinds shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.9% of Pegasystems shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of SolarWinds shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are held by company 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.
Pegasystems has higher revenue and earnings than SolarWinds. SolarWinds is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pegasystems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SolarWinds has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pegasystems has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SolarWinds currently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.56%. Pegasystems has a consensus price target of $93.91, indicating a potential downside of 9.08%. Given SolarWinds' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SolarWinds is more favorable than Pegasystems.
Pegasystems has a net margin of 8.29% compared to SolarWinds' net margin of 4.93%. Pegasystems' return on equity of 37.83% beat SolarWinds' return on equity.
Summary
Pegasystems beats SolarWinds on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SWI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
