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SolarWinds (SWI) Competitors

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$14.45 +0.17 (+1.19%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

SWI vs. PEGA, INFA, HCP, ACIW, BLKB, PLUS, VRNT, SPNS, NTCT, 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), Sapiens International (SPNS), NetScout Systems (NTCT), and PROS (PRO). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

SolarWinds vs.

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) and SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Pegasystems received 130 more outperform votes than SolarWinds when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave Pegasystems an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave SolarWinds an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PegasystemsOutperform Votes
489
60.15%
Underperform Votes
324
39.85%
SolarWindsOutperform Votes
359
59.34%
Underperform Votes
246
40.66%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pegasystems8.29% 37.83% 10.18%
SolarWinds 4.93%7.96%3.39%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pegasystems$1.48B5.52$67.81M$1.3769.52
SolarWinds$784.73M3.14-$9.11M$0.2265.68

46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of SolarWinds shares are owned by 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.

In the previous week, Pegasystems had 4 more articles in the media than SolarWinds. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pegasystems and 8 mentions for SolarWinds. Pegasystems' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat SolarWinds' score of 0.81 indicating that Pegasystems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pegasystems
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SolarWinds
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pegasystems pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SolarWinds pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Pegasystems pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SolarWinds pays out 681.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Pegasystems presently has a consensus target price of $89.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.55%. SolarWinds has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.81%. Given SolarWinds' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SolarWinds is more favorable than Pegasystems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pegasystems
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
SolarWinds
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Pegasystems has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolarWinds has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pegasystems beats SolarWinds on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SWI vs. The Competition

MetricSolarWindsPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.46B$25.47B$25.98B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A2.26%2.78%3.61%
P/E Ratio65.6898.18238.1141.30
Price / Sales3.1424.753,342.5717.58
Price / Cash14.9891.3235.7421.28
Price / Book1.6612.918.135.32
Net Income-$9.11M$448.65M$681.78M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-1.83%0.42%0.41%-3.54%
1 Month Performance10.73%10.41%7.02%-3.68%
1 Year Performance20.47%25.83%23.11%12.14%

SolarWinds Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWI
SolarWinds
3.2713 of 5 stars
$14.45
+1.2%
$15.00
+3.8%
+24.8%$2.46B$784.73M65.682,103Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.6782 of 5 stars
$96.43
+1.9%
$85.90
-10.9%
+93.9%$8.27B$1.43B69.045,406Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
INFA
Informatica
3.822 of 5 stars
$26.96
+0.5%
$33.27
+23.4%
-5.1%$8.23B$1.66B127.715,000Insider Trade
HCP
HashiCorp
0.9953 of 5 stars
$33.81
+0.1%
$32.08
-5.1%
+51.0%$6.91B$654.89M-55.392,200Analyst Forecast
ACIW
ACI Worldwide
2.6299 of 5 stars
$54.56
+1.0%
$49.50
-9.3%
+78.6%$5.72B$1.45B25.603,212Positive News
BLKB
Blackbaud
4.6335 of 5 stars
$78.48
+0.0%
$86.67
+10.4%
-11.7%$3.98B$1.15B76.923,000Positive News
PLUS
ePlus
4.019 of 5 stars
$79.33
+2.8%
$86.50
+9.0%
-4.1%$2.13B$2.12B19.141,900News Coverage
Positive News
VRNT
Verint Systems
4.1711 of 5 stars
$28.97
-0.1%
$35.67
+23.1%
-1.5%$1.80B$920.75M31.193,700Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
SPNS
Sapiens International
4.0427 of 5 stars
$29.28
+2.8%
$36.00
+23.0%
-2.0%$1.64B$514.58M22.435,000News Coverage
Positive News
NTCT
NetScout Systems
1.7031 of 5 stars
$22.61
+1.0%
$22.00
-2.7%
-4.7%$1.62B$787.19M-2.662,296
PRO
PROS
2.7631 of 5 stars
$23.94
+2.0%
$31.88
+33.1%
-41.6%$1.13B$322.89M-37.841,486News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:SWI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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