KLAC vs. PANW, SHOP, ADI, DELL, ABNB, ANET, SNPS, RELX, CDNS, and CRWD
Should you be buying KLA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLA include Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Shopify (SHOP), Analog Devices (ADI), Dell Technologies (DELL), Airbnb (ABNB), Arista Networks (ANET), Synopsys (SNPS), Relx (RELX), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), and CrowdStrike (CRWD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) and KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Palo Alto Networks has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLA has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Palo Alto Networks received 1342 more outperform votes than KLA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.55% of users gave Palo Alto Networks an outperform vote while only 62.70% of users gave KLA an outperform vote.
KLA has higher revenue and earnings than Palo Alto Networks. KLA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palo Alto Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
79.8% of Palo Alto Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of KLA shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Palo Alto Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of KLA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Palo Alto Networks has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Palo Alto Networks' net margin of 27.19%. Palo Alto Networks' return on equity of 102.37% beat KLA's return on equity.
Palo Alto Networks currently has a consensus price target of $314.82, suggesting a potential upside of 4.16%. KLA has a consensus price target of $727.15, suggesting a potential upside of 1.82%. Given KLA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Palo Alto Networks is more favorable than KLA.
In the previous week, Palo Alto Networks had 3 more articles in the media than KLA. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Palo Alto Networks and 19 mentions for KLA. KLA's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Palo Alto Networks' score of 0.89 indicating that Palo Alto Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Palo Alto Networks beats KLA on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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