Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT – Get Rating) and IDEX Biometrics ASA (NASDAQ:IDBA – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Verint Systems and IDEX Biometrics ASA's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Get Verint Systems alerts:| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Verint Systems | $874.51 million | 3.68 | $14.41 million | ($0.11) | -451.96 |
| IDEX Biometrics ASA | $2.84 million | 37.55 | -$32.55 million | ($3.59) | -2.20 |
Verint Systems has higher revenue and earnings than IDEX Biometrics ASA. Verint Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDEX Biometrics ASA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Verint Systems has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX Biometrics ASA has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.Insider and Institutional Ownership
0.0% of IDEX Biometrics ASA shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Verint Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Verint Systems and IDEX Biometrics ASA, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Verint Systems | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
| IDEX Biometrics ASA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Verint Systems presently has a consensus target price of $63.80, suggesting a potential upside of 28.32%. IDEX Biometrics ASA has a consensus target price of $36.00, suggesting a potential upside of 355.70%. Given IDEX Biometrics ASA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IDEX Biometrics ASA is more favorable than Verint Systems.
Profitability
This table compares Verint Systems and IDEX Biometrics ASA's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Verint Systems | 1.56% | 13.49% | 5.46% |
| IDEX Biometrics ASA | -1,000.63% | -127.63% | -113.82% |
Summary
Verint Systems beats IDEX Biometrics ASA on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Verint Systems
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Verint Systems Inc. provides customer engagement solutions worldwide. It offers various applications for use in Forecasting and Scheduling, which understands the work needed to meet and exceed customer expectations; Quality and Compliance that uses automation and analytics for customer interactions for attended and self-service channels; Interaction Insights, which extracts insights from structured and unstructured customer interactions and activities; Real-Time Work that supports in-the-moment workforce activities; Engagement Channels, an application for messaging, social, chat, email, and interactive voice response; Conversational AI, an intelligent virtual assistant application to enable human-like conversations across every channel; Engagement Orchestration, an application that improves employee efficiency, time to resolution, compliance, and customer satisfaction with workflows; Knowledge Management, which help agents to deliver stellar service with tools. The company also provides Experience Management application which collect and analyze customer experience data, as well as customer engagement cloud platform services. Verint Systems Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
About IDEX Biometrics ASA
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IDEX Biometrics ASA engages in the design, development, and sale of fingerprint authentication solutions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company's fingerprint authentication solutions are used primarily in contactless financial payment, access control, and smart cards, as well as card-based devices for the storage of digital currencies. It primarily serves manufacturers of smart cards for financial payment applications and biometric payment card markets. IDEX Biometrics ASA was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
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