WDAY vs. ZEN, CDAY, PEGA, FIVN, ATHM, ADBE, INTU, SNPS, CDNS, and ADSK
Should you be buying Workday stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workday include Zendesk (ZEN), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Pegasystems (PEGA), Five9 (FIVN), Autohome (ATHM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), and Autodesk (ADSK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Zendesk (NYSE:ZEN) and Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Workday had 117 more articles in the media than Zendesk. MarketBeat recorded 124 mentions for Workday and 7 mentions for Zendesk. Workday's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Zendesk's score of 0.03 indicating that Zendesk is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Workday received 503 more outperform votes than Zendesk when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.41% of users gave Zendesk an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.
Workday has higher revenue and earnings than Zendesk. Zendesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workday, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zendesk has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workday has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Workday has a net margin of 19.66% compared to Workday's net margin of -17.82%. Zendesk's return on equity of 6.02% beat Workday's return on equity.
Workday has a consensus price target of $283.96, indicating a potential upside of 31.79%. Given Zendesk's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Workday is more favorable than Zendesk.
90.2% of Zendesk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Zendesk shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Workday shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Workday beats Zendesk on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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