Reviewing Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) and Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA)

Pegasystems (NASDAQ:PEGA) and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. (NASDAQ:LYT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Pegasystems has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. has a beta of 2.21, suggesting that its share price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Pegasystems and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pegasystems	6.63%	32.09%	9.45%
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

46.9% of Pegasystems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.1% of Pegasystems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.9% of Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Pegasystems and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV., as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pegasystems	0	3	8	1	2.83
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	0	0	0	0	0.00

Pegasystems presently has a consensus price target of $99.36, indicating a potential upside of 38.02%. Given Pegasystems’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pegasystems is more favorable than Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV..

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pegasystems and Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pegasystems	$1.50 billion	4.13	$99.19 million	$1.01	71.28
Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.	$23.72 million	0.14	$290,000.00	N/A	N/A

Pegasystems has higher revenue and earnings than Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV..

Summary

Pegasystems beats Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pegasystems

Pegasystems Inc. develops, markets, licenses, hosts, and supports enterprise software in the United States, rest of the Americas, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company provides Pega Infinity, a software portfolio comprising of Pega Customer Decision Hub, a real-time AI-powered decision engine to enhance customer acquisition and experiences across inbound, outbound, and paid media channels; Pega Customer Service to anticipate customer needs, connect customers to people and systems, and automate customer interactions to evolve the customer service experience, as well as to allow enterprises to deliver interactions across channels and enhance employee productivity; and Pega Platform, an intelligent automation software for increasing efficiency of clients’ processes and workflows. It also offers Situational Layer Cake that organizes logic into layers that map to the unique dimensions of a client’s business, such as customer types, lines of business, geographies, etc.; Pega Express Methodology and low code that connects enterprise data and systems to customer experience channels; Pega Cloud that allows clients to develop, test, and deploy applications; Pega Catalyst, which helps clients to transform and prototype their customer journeys; Pega Academy, which offers instructor-led and online training to its employees, clients, and partners; and global service assurance and client support services. It primarily markets its software and services to financial services, healthcare, communications and media, government, insurance, manufacturing and high tech, and consumer services markets through a direct sales force, as well as partnerships with technology providers and application developers. Pegasystems Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV.

Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. operates as a platform services company in India. The company engages in the distribution of linear content streaming/telecasting services; and development of telemedicine products. Lytus Technologies Holdings PTV. Ltd. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.