Financial Contrast: Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) & Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY)

Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) and Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Verint Systems and Waystar, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Verint Systems	0	3	4	0	2.57
Waystar	0	0	10	1	3.09

Verint Systems presently has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 41.65%. Waystar has a consensus target price of $35.10, suggesting a potential downside of 10.12%. Given Verint Systems’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Verint Systems is more favorable than Waystar.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Verint Systems and Waystar”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Verint Systems	$910.39 million	1.72	$38.61 million	$0.94	26.79
Waystar	$906.14 million	7.42	-$51.33 million	N/A	N/A

Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Waystar.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.0% of Verint Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Verint Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Verint Systems and Waystar’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Verint Systems	8.49%	15.79%	6.02%
Waystar	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Verint Systems beats Waystar on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Verint Systems

Verint Systems Inc. provides customer engagement solutions worldwide. It offers forecasting and scheduling, channels and routing, knowledge management, fraud and security solutions, quality and compliance, analytics and insights, real-time assistance, self-services, financial compliance, and voice pf the consumer solutions. The company provides Verint Open platform designed to help brands increase CX automation across all touchpoints between organization and customers in the contact center, back office, branch, web sites, and mobile apps. It serves banking, insurance, public, retail, and telecommunication industries. Verint Systems Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.

About Waystar

Waystar Holding Corp. is a software company which provide healthcare payments. Waystar Holding Corp. is based in LEHI, Utah.