Trend Micro (OTCMKTS:TMICY) & Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) Head-To-Head Contrast

Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS) and Trend Micro (OTCMKTS:TMICY) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Varonis Systems and Trend Micro”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Varonis Systems	$623.53 million	8.68	-$129.32 million	($1.23)	-38.30
Trend Micro	$1.85 billion	2.93	$231.30 million	$1.76	23.51

Trend Micro has higher revenue and earnings than Varonis Systems. Varonis Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trend Micro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Varonis Systems has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trend Micro has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

95.7% of Varonis Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Trend Micro shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Varonis Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Varonis Systems and Trend Micro, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Varonis Systems	1	7	16	0	2.62
Trend Micro	1	0	0	1	2.50

Varonis Systems presently has a consensus target price of $49.79, indicating a potential upside of 5.69%. Given Varonis Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Varonis Systems is more favorable than Trend Micro.

Profitability

This table compares Varonis Systems and Trend Micro’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Varonis Systems	-20.55%	-19.18%	-5.97%
Trend Micro	12.30%	28.58%	8.73%

Summary

Trend Micro beats Varonis Systems on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Varonis Systems

Varonis Systems, Inc. provides software products and services that allow enterprises to manage, analyze, alert, and secure enterprise data in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. Its software enables enterprises to protect data stored on premises and in the cloud, including sensitive files and emails; confidential personal data belonging to customers, and patients and employees' data; financial records; source code, strategic and product plans; and other intellectual property. It offers DatAdvantage that captures, aggregates, normalizes, and analyzes every data access event for users on Windows and UNIX/Linux servers, storage devices, email systems, intranet servers, cloud applications, and data stores; and DatAlert that profiles users, devices, and their behaviors related to systems and data, detects and alerts on deviations that indicate compromise, and provides a web-based dashboard and investigative interface. It also provides data Classification engine that identifies and tags data based on criteria set in various metadata dimensions, as well as provides business and information technology (IT) personnel with actionable intelligence about data; and DataPrivilege. In addition, the company offers Data Transport Engine, an execution engine that unifies the manipulation of data and metadata, translating business decisions, and instructions into technical commands, such as data migration or archiving; and DatAnswers that provides search functionality for enterprise data. It serves its products to financial services, public, healthcare, industrial, technology, insurance, energy and utilities, consumer and retail, education and construction, and engineering sectors. The company sells its products through a network of distributors and resellers. Varonis Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro Incorporated develops and sells security-related software for computers and related services in Japan and internationally. The company offers platforms, such as vision one platform, attack surface management, extended detection and response (XDR), cloud security, endpoint security, network security, email security, OT/ICS security, and threat intelligence. It also provides services packages, managed XDR, incident response, and support services. Additionally, the company serves 5G networks, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, electric utility, and automotive industries. The company was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.