VHC vs. SEAC, CRM, ADBE, INTU, SNPS, CDNS, WDAY, ADSK, FICO, and MSTR
Should you be buying VirnetX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VirnetX include SeaChange International (SEAC), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), and MicroStrategy (MSTR). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
SeaChange International (NASDAQ:SEAC) and VirnetX (NYSE:VHC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
SeaChange International received 125 more outperform votes than VirnetX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.89% of users gave VirnetX an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave SeaChange International an outperform vote.
SeaChange International has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SeaChange International's net margin of -374,891.66%. VirnetX's return on equity of 0.00% beat SeaChange International's return on equity.
In the previous week, VirnetX's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled SeaChange International'saverage media sentiment score.
SeaChange International has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VirnetX has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
10.4% of VirnetX shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of SeaChange International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of VirnetX shares are held 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.
SeaChange International has higher revenue and earnings than VirnetX. SeaChange International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VirnetX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SeaChange International beats VirnetX on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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