Clarivate (CLVT) Competitors

Clarivate (NYSE:CLVT) and Toast (NYSE:TOST) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Do analysts recommend CLVT or TOST?

Clarivate currently has a consensus price target of $7.78, indicating a potential upside of 46.34%. Toast has a consensus price target of $26.14, indicating a potential upside of 15.70%. Given Clarivate's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Clarivate is more favorable than Toast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clarivate	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Toast	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is CLVT or TOST more profitable?

Toast has a net margin of -6.02% compared to Clarivate's net margin of -39.29%. Clarivate's return on equity of 10.11% beat Toast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clarivate	-39.29%	10.11%	3.85%
Toast	-6.02%	-21.45%	-12.99%

Which has more volatility and risk, CLVT or TOST?

Clarivate has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toast has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CLVT or TOST?

Toast received 5 more outperform votes than Clarivate when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Clarivate an outperform vote while only 37.59% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clarivate	Outperform Votes 48 57.14%	Underperform Votes 36 42.86%
Toast	Outperform Votes 53 37.59%	Underperform Votes 88 62.41%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CLVT or TOST?

85.7% of Clarivate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Toast shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Clarivate shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Toast shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CLVT or TOST?

Toast has higher revenue and earnings than Clarivate. Toast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clarivate, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Clarivate	$2.63B	1.35	-$911.20M	-$1.66	-3.20
Toast	$3.87B	2.65	-$246M	-$0.50	-45.19

Does the media refer more to CLVT or TOST?

In the previous week, Toast had 3 more articles in the media than Clarivate. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Toast and 5 mentions for Clarivate. Toast's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Clarivate's score of 0.59 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clarivate	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toast	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Toast beats Clarivate on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.