PANW vs. CRWD, FTNT, ZS, NET, LDOS, QCOM, CSCO, MSI, JNPR, and FFIV
Should you be buying Palo Alto Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palo Alto Networks include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Fortinet (FTNT), Zscaler (ZS), Cloudflare (NET), Leidos (LDOS), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Juniper Networks (JNPR), and F5 (FFIV).
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
Palo Alto Networks received 1674 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.67% of users gave Palo Alto Networks an outperform vote while only 68.30% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.
79.8% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Palo Alto Networks has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Palo Alto Networks has a net margin of 31.42% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of 4.01%. Palo Alto Networks' return on equity of 32.74% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.
Palo Alto Networks has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. Palo Alto Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 75 more articles in the media than Palo Alto Networks. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for CrowdStrike and 23 mentions for Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat CrowdStrike's score of 0.50 indicating that Palo Alto Networks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Palo Alto Networks presently has a consensus price target of $322.78, suggesting a potential upside of 7.07%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $375.61, suggesting a potential upside of 8.54%. Given CrowdStrike's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than Palo Alto Networks.
Summary
Palo Alto Networks beats CrowdStrike on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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