PAYC vs. HUBS, MSTR, VEEV, TTWO, ANSS, NET, PTC, MBLY, RBLX, and TYL
Should you be buying Paycom Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paycom Software include HubSpot (HUBS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), ANSYS (ANSS), Cloudflare (NET), PTC (PTC), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Roblox (RBLX), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Paycom Software currently has a consensus target price of $246.31, suggesting a potential upside of 69.48%. HubSpot has a consensus target price of $640.04, suggesting a potential upside of 7.27%. Given Paycom Software's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than HubSpot.
HubSpot received 151 more outperform votes than Paycom Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.81% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote.
Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.91% compared to HubSpot's net margin of -5.78%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 32.84% beat HubSpot's return on equity.
Paycom Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HubSpot. HubSpot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycom Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.8% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of HubSpot shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of Paycom Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of HubSpot shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Paycom Software had 6 more articles in the media than HubSpot. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Paycom Software and 11 mentions for HubSpot. HubSpot's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Paycom Software's score of 0.62 indicating that HubSpot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paycom Software has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HubSpot has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Paycom Software and HubSpot tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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