DSG vs. OTEX, KXS, CLS, NVEI, GIB.A, LSPD, ENGH, DCBO, DND, and CMG
Should you be buying The Descartes Systems Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Descartes Systems Group include Open Text (OTEX), Kinaxis (KXS), Celestica (CLS), Nuvei (NVEI), CGI (GIB.A), Lightspeed Commerce (LSPD), Enghouse Systems (ENGH), Docebo (DCBO), Dye & Durham (DND), and Computer Modelling Group (CMG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Open Text (TSE:OTEX) and The Descartes Systems Group (TSE:DSG) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Open Text received 11 more outperform votes than The Descartes Systems Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.62% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave The Descartes Systems Group an outperform vote.
Open Text has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Descartes Systems Group has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Open Text had 1 more articles in the media than The Descartes Systems Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Open Text and 0 mentions for The Descartes Systems Group. The Descartes Systems Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Open Text's score of 0.00 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Open Text presently has a consensus target price of C$53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.83%. The Descartes Systems Group has a consensus target price of C$89.67, suggesting a potential downside of 32.72%. Given The Descartes Systems Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Open Text is more favorable than The Descartes Systems Group.
The Descartes Systems Group has a net margin of 20.23% compared to The Descartes Systems Group's net margin of 2.85%. Open Text's return on equity of 9.92% beat The Descartes Systems Group's return on equity.
77.2% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Open Text shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of The Descartes Systems Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Open Text has higher revenue and earnings than The Descartes Systems Group. Open Text is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Descartes Systems Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Open Text beats The Descartes Systems Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DSG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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