CommVault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT – Get Free Report) and Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares CommVault Systems and Synopsys’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CommVault Systems | 7.32% | 31.53% | 7.16% |
| Synopsys | 18.89% | 7.89% | 4.45% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for CommVault Systems and Synopsys, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CommVault Systems | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2.88 |
| Synopsys | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2.56 |
Volatility & Risk
CommVault Systems has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synopsys has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
93.5% of CommVault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.5% of Synopsys shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of CommVault Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Synopsys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares CommVault Systems and Synopsys”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CommVault Systems | $995.62 million | 5.50 | $76.11 million | $1.78 | 69.74 |
| Synopsys | $7.05 billion | 13.95 | $1.33 billion | $7.99 | 64.39 |
Synopsys has higher revenue and earnings than CommVault Systems. Synopsys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CommVault Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CommVault Systems beats Synopsys on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CommVault Systems
Commvault Systems, Inc. provides data protection platform that helps customers to secure, defend, and recover their data in the United States and internationally. The company offers Commvault Backup and Recovery, a backup and recovery solution; Commvault Disaster Recovery, a replication and disaster recovery solution; Commvault Complete Data Protection, a data protection solution; and Metallic Data Protection as-a-service, which delivers enterprise-grade data protection as a service on a cloud platform, with advanced built-in security controls. It also provides Commvault HyperScale X, an easy-to-deploy scale-out solution; and Metallic Recovery Reserve, an easy button to adopt secure and scalable cloud storage in minutes. In addition, the company provides technology consulting, Ransomware recovery, education, and remote managed services. Further, it sells appliances that integrate the software with hardware for use in a range of business needs and use cases; and offers customer support, consulting, assessment and design, and installation services, as well as customer education and as-a-service under the Metallic brand. The company sells its products and services directly through its sales force, and indirectly through its network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, corporate resellers, and original equipment manufacturers to large enterprises, small or med-sized businesses, and government agencies. It supports customers in a range of industries, including banking, insurance and financial services, government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and medical services, technology, legal, manufacturing, utilities, and energy. Commvault Systems, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. provides electronic design automation software products used to design and test integrated circuits. It operates in three segments: Design Automation, Design IP, and Software Integrity. The company offers Digital and Custom IC Design solution that provides digital design implementation solutions; Verification solution that offers virtual prototyping, static and formal verification, simulation, emulation, field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based prototyping, and debug solutions; and FPGA design products that are programmed to perform specific functions. It also provides intellectual property (IP) solutions for USB, PCI Express, DDR, Ethernet, MIPI, HDMI, and Bluetooth low energy applications; logic libraries and embedded memories; processor cores, software, and application-specific instruction-set processor tools for embedded applications; security IP solutions; IP solutions for automotive market; and system-on-chip (SoC) infrastructure IP, datapath and building block IP, and verification IP products, as well as mathematical and floating-point components, and Arm AMBA interconnect fabric and peripherals. In addition, the company offers HAPS FPGA-based prototyping systems; virtual prototyping solutions; and Platform Architect solutions for SoC architecture analysis and optimization, as well as optical products, and mechatronic simulations. Further, it provides security and quality testing products, managed services, programs and professional services, and training that enable its customers to detect and remediate security vulnerabilities, and defects in the software development lifecycle, as well as manufacturing solutions. Additionally, the company provides intelligent orchestration solution, software risk manager, and black duck software composition analysis tools. It serves electronics, financial services, automotive, medicine, energy, and industrial areas. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
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