PagerDuty (NYSE:PD – Get Free Report) and EverCommerce (NASDAQ:EVCM – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares PagerDuty and EverCommerce’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PagerDuty | 35.30% | 16.29% | 3.82% |
| EverCommerce | 2.99% | 2.49% | 1.30% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
97.3% of PagerDuty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of EverCommerce shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of PagerDuty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of EverCommerce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PagerDuty | $492.55 million | 1.22 | $173.85 million | $1.84 | 3.83 |
| EverCommerce | $588.91 million | 3.39 | $17.60 million | $0.09 | 125.00 |
PagerDuty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than EverCommerce. PagerDuty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EverCommerce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for PagerDuty and EverCommerce, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PagerDuty | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 |
| EverCommerce | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
PagerDuty currently has a consensus price target of $12.40, indicating a potential upside of 76.01%. EverCommerce has a consensus price target of $10.71, indicating a potential downside of 4.76%. Given PagerDuty’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PagerDuty is more favorable than EverCommerce.
Risk & Volatility
PagerDuty has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EverCommerce has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PagerDuty beats EverCommerce on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About PagerDuty
PagerDuty, Inc. engages in the operation of a digital operations management platform in the United States and internationally. The company’s digital operations management platform collects data and digital signals from virtually any software-enabled system or device and leverage machine learning to correlate, process, and predict opportunities and issues. Its platform includes PagerDuty Incident Management that provides a real-time view across the status of a digital service while incorporating noise reduction to remove false positives; AIOps that applies machine learning to correlate and automate the identification of incidents from billions of events; Process Automation offers centralized design time and run time environment for orchestrating automated workflows that span across departments, technologies, and networks; Customer Service Operations, which is offered to orchestrate, automate, and scale responses to customer impacting issues. It serves various industries, including software and technology, telecommunications, retail, travel and hospitality, media and entertainment, and financial services. PagerDuty, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About EverCommerce
EverCommerce Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated software-as-a-service solutions for service-based small and medium sized businesses in the United States and internationally. The company’s solutions include business management software that offers route-based dispatching, medical practice management, and gym member management solutions; billing and payment solutions comprising e-invoicing, mobile payments, and integrated payment processing; customer experience solution, which include reputation management and messaging solutions; and marketing technology solutions that cover websites, hosting, and digital lead generation. It also provides EverPro suite of solutions in home services; EverHealth suite of solutions within health services; and EverWell suite of solutions in fitness and wellness services. In addition, the company offers professional services, such as implementation, configuration, installation, or training services. It serves home service professionals, including home improvement contractors and home maintenance technicians; physician practices and therapists in the health services industry; and personal trainers and salon owners in the fitness and wellness sectors. The company was formerly known as PaySimple Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to EverCommerce Inc. in December 2020. EverCommerce Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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