CRM vs. ADBE, INTU, SNPS, CDNS, ORCL, NOW, CRWD, SHOP, AMD, and QCOM
Should you be buying Salesforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salesforce include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Shopify (SHOP), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and QUALCOMM (QCOM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Adobe currently has a consensus target price of $620.72, suggesting a potential upside of 30.42%. Salesforce has a consensus target price of $310.61, suggesting a potential upside of 12.22%. Given Salesforce's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than Salesforce.
Adobe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Salesforce. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salesforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Salesforce had 8 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Salesforce and 37 mentions for Adobe. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Adobe's score of 0.64 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Adobe has a net margin of 24.08% compared to Adobe's net margin of 11.87%. Salesforce's return on equity of 39.12% beat Adobe's return on equity.
Adobe has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Salesforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Salesforce received 1530 more outperform votes than Adobe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.77% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 70.80% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.
Summary
Salesforce beats Adobe on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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