Comparing CommVault Systems (CVLT) & The Competition

CommVault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) is one of 953 public companies in the “Software” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare CommVault Systems to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for CommVault Systems and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CommVault Systems	0	10	10	1	2.57
CommVault Systems Competitors	5717	21424	44694	1492	2.57

CommVault Systems presently has a consensus target price of $174.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.24%. As a group, “Software” companies have a potential upside of 28.24%. Given CommVault Systems’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CommVault Systems has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares CommVault Systems and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CommVault Systems	6.60%	169.40%	6.36%
CommVault Systems Competitors	-620.53%	20.98%	-8.95%

Volatility and Risk

CommVault Systems has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CommVault Systems’ competitors have a beta of 1.27, suggesting that their average share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares CommVault Systems and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
CommVault Systems	$1.25 billion	$70.66 million	81.78
CommVault Systems Competitors	$1.90 billion	$385.94 million	110.47

CommVault Systems’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than CommVault Systems. CommVault Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.5% of CommVault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of CommVault Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of shares of all “Software” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CommVault Systems competitors beat CommVault Systems on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

CommVault Systems Company Profile

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.