MSTR vs. TYL, ANSS, SSNC, MANH, GWRE, INFA, CVLT, INST, PRGS, and SPNS
Should you be buying MicroStrategy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MicroStrategy include Tyler Technologies (TYL), ANSYS (ANSS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Instructure (INST), Progress Software (PRGS), and Sapiens International (SPNS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Tyler Technologies (NYSE:TYL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, MicroStrategy had 3 more articles in the media than Tyler Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for MicroStrategy and 14 mentions for Tyler Technologies. MicroStrategy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Tyler Technologies' score of 0.68 indicating that MicroStrategy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MicroStrategy currently has a consensus target price of $1,678.75, indicating a potential upside of 29.37%. Tyler Technologies has a consensus target price of $492.22, indicating a potential upside of 1.59%. Given MicroStrategy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MicroStrategy is more favorable than Tyler Technologies.
Tyler Technologies received 229 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.67% of users gave Tyler Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
MicroStrategy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tyler Technologies. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tyler Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tyler Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Tyler Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tyler Technologies has a net margin of 9.50% compared to MicroStrategy's net margin of -17.40%. Tyler Technologies' return on equity of 9.35% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.
MicroStrategy has a beta of 3, indicating that its share price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyler Technologies has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tyler Technologies beats MicroStrategy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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