VTEX (NYSE:VTEX) & NiCE (NASDAQ:NICE) Head to Head Survey

NiCE (NASDAQ:NICE) and VTEX (NYSE:VTEX) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NiCE	$3.07 billion	2.17	$612.10 million	$6.87	16.56
VTEX	$252.65 million	2.69	$20.01 million	$0.16	24.88

NiCE has higher revenue and earnings than VTEX. NiCE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VTEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NiCE	13.86%	15.46%	11.53%
VTEX	11.98%	12.98%	8.76%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

63.3% of NiCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of VTEX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of NiCE 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

NiCE has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VTEX has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for NiCE and VTEX, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NiCE	0	8	8	0	2.50
VTEX	0	6	2	0	2.25

NiCE currently has a consensus target price of $131.71, indicating a potential upside of 15.78%. VTEX has a consensus target price of $4.60, indicating a potential upside of 15.58%. Given NiCE’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NiCE is more favorable than VTEX.

Summary

NiCE beats VTEX on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NiCE

NiCE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for the customer engagement market; and smart self-service enables organizations to address consumers’ needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer’s request, and connects them using real-time AI-based routing. The company provides smart self service solutions that empower organizations to build intelligent automated conversations based on data; and prepared agent solutions and tools enable contact center agents to guide and alert them in real time; provides solutions that help organizations to record structured and unstructured customer interaction and transaction data; and NiCE Evidencentral, an digital evidence management platform for public safety emergency communications, law enforcement, and criminal justice helps agencies. In addition, it offers X-Sight, is an open and flexible AI-cloud platform for financial crime and compliance; Xceed, a cloud platform for comprehensive AML and fraud prevention for small and mid-sized organizations; data intelligence solutions that enable organizations to turn raw data into comprehensive actionable intelligence to prevent and detect financial crimes; AI and analytics technologies to detect and prevent financial crimes in real-time; money laundering and fraud prevention solutions that help organizations adhere to capital markets compliance and anti-money laundering compliance regulations; intelligent investigations solutions; and self-service solutions that provide organizations with customization and self-development capabilities. The company was formerly known as NiCE-Systems Ltd. and changed its name to NiCE Ltd. in June 2016. NiCE Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ra’anana, Israel.

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.