Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) and VTEX (NYSE:VTEX) Critical Contrast

Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) and VTEX (NYSE:VTEX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Commvault Systems and VTEX, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commvault Systems	0	3	4	0	2.57
VTEX	0	0	5	0	3.00

Commvault Systems currently has a consensus target price of $140.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.54%. VTEX has a consensus target price of $10.40, suggesting a potential upside of 41.02%. Given VTEX’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VTEX is more favorable than Commvault Systems.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of VTEX shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.9% of VTEX 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.

Volatility and Risk

Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VTEX has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Commvault Systems and VTEX’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Commvault Systems	20.19%	32.16%	8.53%
VTEX	1.51%	1.36%	0.97%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commvault Systems	$865.77 million	7.57	$168.91 million	$3.76	39.84
VTEX	$201.52 million	6.73	-$13.69 million	($0.04)	-184.38

Commvault Systems has higher revenue and earnings than VTEX. VTEX 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 VTEX on 9 of the 14 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 VTEX

VTEX provides software-as-a-service digital commerce platform for enterprise brands and retailers. Its platform enables customers to execute their commerce strategy, including building online stores, integrating, and managing orders across channels, and creating marketplaces to sell products from third-party vendors. It has operations in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. VTEX was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.