Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) versus Everpure (NYSE:P) Financial Contrast

Everpure (NYSE:P) and Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Everpure and Diebold Nixdorf’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Everpure	5.94%	19.06%	5.89%
Diebold Nixdorf	2.87%	21.16%	5.90%

Risk and Volatility

Everpure has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diebold Nixdorf has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

83.4% of Everpure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Diebold Nixdorf shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Everpure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Diebold Nixdorf shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Everpure and Diebold Nixdorf”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Everpure	$4.26 billion	9.64	$188.18 million	$0.73	168.94
Diebold Nixdorf	$3.81 billion	0.62	$94.60 million	$3.06	22.64

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Everpure and Diebold Nixdorf, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Everpure	1	2	18	1	2.86
Diebold Nixdorf	0	0	3	0	3.00

Everpure presently has a consensus price target of $143.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.15%. Diebold Nixdorf has a consensus price target of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.31%. Given Diebold Nixdorf’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diebold Nixdorf is more favorable than Everpure.

Summary

Everpure beats Diebold Nixdorf on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Everpure

Pure Storage, Inc. provides data storage technologies, products, and services in the United States and internationally. The company’s Purity software is shared across its products and provides enterprise-class data services, such as data reduction, data protection, and encryption, as well as storage protocols, including block, file, and object. Its products portfolio includes FlashArray for block-oriented storage, addressing databases, applications, virtual machines, and other traditional workloads; FlashArray//XL; and FlashArray//C, an all-QLC flash array. The company also provides FlashBlade, a solution for unstructured data workloads of various types; FlashStack that combines compute, network, and storage to provide an infrastructure platform; FlashRecover, an all-flash modern data-protection solution; and AIRI, a full-stack AI-ready infrastructure. In addition, it offers evergreen storage subscription, Pure as-a-Service, and Cloud Block Store, as well as Portworx a cloud-native Kubernetes data management solution It also offers technical and professional, training and education, and certification services. The company sells its products and subscription services through direct sales force and channel partners. The company was formerly known as OS76, Inc. and changed its name to Pure Storage, Inc. in January 2010. Pure Storage, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

About Diebold Nixdorf

Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated engages in the automating, digitizing, and transforming the way people bank and shop worldwide. It operates through two segments, Banking and Retail. The company offers cash recyclers and dispensers, intelligent deposit terminals, teller automation tools, and kiosk technologies, as well as physical security solutions; and front-end applications for consumer connection points and back-end platforms that manage channel transactions, operations and integration, and facilitate omnichannel transactions, endpoint monitoring, remote asset management, customer marketing, merchandise management, and analytics. It also provides banking product-related services comprising proactive monitoring and rapid resolution of incidents through remote service capabilities or an on-site visit; first- and second-line maintenance, preventive maintenance, and on-demand services; managed and outsourcing services, such as business processes, solution management, upgrades, and transaction processing; and cash management services. In addition, the company offers DN Vynamic software suite to simplify and enhance the consumer experience; modular and integrated point of sale and self-checkout terminals; printers, scales, and mobile scanners; and banknote and coin processing systems, as well as ordering kiosks. Additionally, it provides retail customer's product-related services, such as on-demand and professional services; maintenance and availability services; implementation services; managed mobility services; monitoring and advanced analytics; and store life-cycle management services. The company was formerly known as Diebold, Incorporated and changed its name to Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated in December 2016. Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in North Canton, Ohio.