Head to Head Review: Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT) and Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Waystar and Verint Systems, as reported by MarketBeat.

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

Waystar currently has a consensus target price of $35.10, indicating a potential downside of 13.78%. Verint Systems has a consensus target price of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 38.94%. Given Verint Systems’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Verint Systems is more favorable than Waystar.

Profitability

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

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.0% of Verint Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Verint Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waystar	$791.01 million	8.86	-$51.33 million	N/A	N/A
Verint Systems	$910.39 million	1.76	$38.61 million	$0.94	27.31

Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Waystar.

Summary

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

About Waystar

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

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.