ADSK vs. PLTR, EA, ANSS, MSTR, TYL, SSNC, CDNS, TRMB, MANH, and DOCU
Should you be buying Autodesk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autodesk include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Electronic Arts (EA), ANSYS (ANSS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Trimble (TRMB), Manhattan Associates (MANH), and DocuSign (DOCU).
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Autodesk received 1138 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote while only 44.91% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.76, suggesting that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autodesk has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Autodesk shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Autodesk shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Autodesk has a net margin of 16.48% compared to Autodesk's net margin of 12.79%. Palantir Technologies' return on equity of 75.01% beat Autodesk's return on equity.
Autodesk has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. Autodesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $20.65, suggesting a potential downside of 1.55%. Autodesk has a consensus target price of $274.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.07%. Given Palantir Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Autodesk is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 108 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 136 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 28 mentions for Autodesk. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.20 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Autodesk beats Palantir Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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