Head to Head Survey: Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) vs. CCC Intelligent Solutions (NYSE:CCCS)

Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) and CCC Intelligent Solutions (NYSE:CCCS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Commvault Systems and CCC Intelligent Solutions, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Commvault Systems	0	5	5	0	2.50
CCC Intelligent Solutions	0	3	4	0	2.57

Commvault Systems presently has a consensus target price of $156.44, suggesting a potential downside of 2.56%. CCC Intelligent Solutions has a consensus target price of $13.14, suggesting a potential upside of 39.82%. Given CCC Intelligent Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CCC Intelligent Solutions is more favorable than Commvault Systems.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of CCC Intelligent Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Commvault Systems and CCC Intelligent Solutions’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Commvault Systems	18.14%	28.69%	8.36%
CCC Intelligent Solutions	5.02%	5.35%	3.23%

Volatility & Risk

Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CCC Intelligent Solutions has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Commvault Systems and CCC Intelligent Solutions”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Commvault Systems	$943.87 million	7.48	$168.91 million	$3.81	42.14
CCC Intelligent Solutions	$944.80 million	6.54	-$92.48 million	$0.04	235.00

Commvault Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CCC Intelligent Solutions. Commvault Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CCC Intelligent Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

About Commvault Systems

Commvault Systems, Inc. provides data protection platform that helps customers to secure, defend, and recover their data in the United States and internationally. The company offers Commvault Backup and Recovery, a backup and recovery solution; Commvault Disaster Recovery, a replication and disaster recovery solution; Commvault Complete Data Protection, a data protection solution; and Metallic Data Protection as-a-service, which delivers enterprise-grade data protection as a service on a cloud platform, with advanced built-in security controls. It also provides Commvault HyperScale X, an easy-to-deploy scale-out solution; and Metallic Recovery Reserve, an easy button to adopt secure and scalable cloud storage in minutes. In addition, the company provides technology consulting, Ransomware recovery, education, and remote managed services. Further, it sells appliances that integrate the software with hardware for use in a range of business needs and use cases; and offers customer support, consulting, assessment and design, and installation services, as well as customer education and as-a-service under the Metallic brand. The company sells its products and services directly through its sales force, and indirectly through its network of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, corporate resellers, and original equipment manufacturers to large enterprises, small or med-sized businesses, and government agencies. It supports customers in a range of industries, including banking, insurance and financial services, government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and medical services, technology, legal, manufacturing, utilities, and energy. Commvault Systems, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.

About CCC Intelligent Solutions

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc., operates as a software as a service company for the property and casualty insurance economy in the United States and China. The company's cloud-based software as a service platform connects trading partners, facilitates commerce, and supports mission-critical, artificial intelligence enabled digital workflow across the insurance economy, including insurers, repairers, automakers, parts suppliers, lenders and more. It offers CCC insurance solutions, including CCC workflow, CCC estimating, CCC total loss, CCC casualty, CCC subrogation, and CCC claim handling; CCC repair solutions, such as CCC network management, CCC repair workflow, and CCC repair quality; CCC other ecosystem solutions, which includes CCC parts solutions, CCC automotive manufacturer solutions, CCC diagnostics service provider solutions, and CCC payments; and CCC international solutions. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.