SailPoint (NASDAQ:SAIL – Get Free Report) and Amplitude (NASDAQ:AMPL – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for SailPoint and Amplitude, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SailPoint | 1 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 2.71 |
| Amplitude | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2.73 |
SailPoint presently has a consensus target price of $22.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.42%. Amplitude has a consensus target price of $13.05, indicating a potential downside of 15.97%. Given SailPoint’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SailPoint is more favorable than Amplitude.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SailPoint | -16.92% | 2.44% | 2.21% |
| Amplitude | -26.59% | -42.62% | -22.69% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares SailPoint and Amplitude”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SailPoint | $495.41 million | 22.55 | -$270.05 million | ($0.34) | -57.56 |
| Amplitude | $374.37 million | 4.20 | -$88.54 million | ($0.75) | -20.71 |
Amplitude has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SailPoint. SailPoint is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amplitude, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
73.2% of Amplitude shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of SailPoint shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of Amplitude shares are held 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.
Risk & Volatility
SailPoint has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplitude has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SailPoint beats Amplitude on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SailPoint
SailPoint, Inc. delivers solutions to enable comprehensive identity security for the enterprise. Its solutions enable organizations to establish, control, and automate policies that help them define and maintain a robust security posture and achieve regulatory compliance. The company was founded by Mark David McClain in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.
About Amplitude
Amplitude, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a digital analytics platform that analyzes customer behavior in the United States and internationally. It offers Amplitude Analytics, which provides real-time product data and reconstructed user visits; Amplitude Experiment, a solution that allows teams to test new capabilities and safely roll out new features; Amplitude CDP, an insight-driven solution that encompasses the data infrastructure, audience management, and data streaming capabilities; and Amplitude Session Replay used by product, marketing, and data teams to understand user behavior, diagnose product issues, and improve product outcomes. The company also provides customer support services related to initial implementation setup, ongoing support, and application training. It delivers its application over the Internet as a subscription service using a software-as-a-service model. The company was formerly known as Sonalight, Inc. and changed its name to Amplitude, Inc. in December 2014. Amplitude, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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