INTU vs. WFC, ADBE, CRM, SNPS, CDNS, ADSK, NOW, SAP, CRWD, and SHOP
Should you be buying Intuit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuit include Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Adobe (ADBE), Salesforce (CRM), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Autodesk (ADSK), ServiceNow (NOW), SAP (SAP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), and Shopify (SHOP).
Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
83.7% of Intuit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Intuit shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Intuit had 59 more articles in the media than Wells Fargo & Company. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for Intuit and 18 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Intuit's score of 0.47 indicating that Wells Fargo & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intuit pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Intuit pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Wells Fargo & Company is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Wells Fargo & Company received 409 more outperform votes than Intuit when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 63.17% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote.
Intuit has a net margin of 19.43% compared to Wells Fargo & Company's net margin of 15.63%. Intuit's return on equity of 18.61% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.
Wells Fargo & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Intuit. Wells Fargo & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intuit currently has a consensus price target of $679.41, suggesting a potential upside of 11.93%. Wells Fargo & Company has a consensus price target of $58.99, suggesting a potential downside of 1.85%. Given Intuit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Intuit is more favorable than Wells Fargo & Company.
Intuit has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Intuit beats Wells Fargo & Company on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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