GWRE vs. FICO, MSTR, ANSS, TYL, FDS, SSNC, AZPN, MANH, INFA, and HCP
Should you be buying Guidewire Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guidewire Software include Fair Isaac (FICO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Informatica (INFA), and HashiCorp (HCP). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both 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, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Fair Isaac has a net margin of 29.99% compared to Fair Isaac's net margin of -5.48%. Fair Isaac's return on equity of -3.60% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.
Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fair Isaac presently has a consensus price target of $1,274.33, suggesting a potential downside of 7.50%. Guidewire Software has a consensus price target of $115.11, suggesting a potential downside of 5.15%. Given Fair Isaac's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guidewire Software is more favorable than Fair Isaac.
Fair Isaac has higher revenue and earnings than Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fair Isaac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guidewire Software received 68 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fair Isaac had 4 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fair Isaac and 11 mentions for Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Fair Isaac's score of 0.67 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fair Isaac beats Guidewire Software on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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