Versant (VSNT) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Versant (NASDAQ:VSNT) is one of 257 public companies in the “Media” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Versant to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Dividends

Versant pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Versant pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Media” companies pay a dividend yield of 5.3% and pay out 186.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Versant and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Versant	1	6	2	1	2.30
Versant Competitors	2316	6887	10725	487	2.46

Versant currently has a consensus price target of $42.29, suggesting a potential upside of 34.58%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 24.79%. Given Versant’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Versant is more favorable than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

38.1% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Versant shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Media” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Versant and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Versant	N/A	N/A	N/A
Versant Competitors	-19.43%	-47.79%	-5.04%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Versant and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Versant	$6.69 billion	$930.00 million	9.03
Versant Competitors	$2.98 billion	$35.12 million	5.96

Versant has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Versant is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Versant beats its rivals on 9 of the 14 factors compared.

Versant Company Profile

Versant Corporation is a provider of data management software. The Company designs, develops, markets and supports database management system products that companies use to solve data management and data integration issues. It also provides related product support, training and consulting services to assist users of the Company’s products in developing and deploying software applications based on its products. The Company’s Versant Object Database product is used primarily by enterprises, which have data management requirements, such as technology providers, telecommunications carriers, Government defense agencies, defense contractors, healthcare companies and companies in the financial services and transportation industries. In addition to its product offerings, to assist users in their development and deployment of applications based on the Versant Object Database, FastObjects and db4o, it offers related professional services.