Financial Comparison: Versant (VSNT) & Its Rivals

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

Dividends

Versant pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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 125.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Versant and its competitors’ 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	-16.60%	-68.57%	-4.64%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Versant and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Versant	1	6	2	1	2.30
Versant Competitors	2311	6877	10711	486	2.46

Versant currently has a consensus price target of $42.29, suggesting a potential upside of 37.07%. As a group, “Media” companies have a potential upside of 25.82%. Given Versant’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Versant is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.8% of shares of all “Media” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Versant shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Media” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Versant	$6.60 billion	N/A	8.86
Versant Competitors	$999.49 million	$8.18 million	4.72

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

Summary

Versant beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Versant

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.