ADBE vs. CRM, INTU, NOW, SNPS, CDNS, SHOP, ORCL, WDAY, ADSK, and FICO
Should you be buying Adobe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adobe include Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), ServiceNow (NOW), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Shopify (SHOP), Oracle (ORCL), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), and Fair Isaac (FICO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Salesforce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Salesforce had 12 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Salesforce and 41 mentions for Adobe. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Adobe's score of 0.35 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Salesforce received 1542 more outperform votes than Adobe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.68% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 70.85% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.
Adobe has a net margin of 24.08% compared to Adobe's net margin of 15.30%. Salesforce's return on equity of 39.12% beat Adobe's return on equity.
Salesforce has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Adobe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Salesforce. Salesforce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adobe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Salesforce currently has a consensus price target of $292.79, indicating a potential upside of 21.06%. Adobe has a consensus price target of $612.79, indicating a potential upside of 31.66%. Given Salesforce's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Salesforce.
Summary
Adobe beats Salesforce on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Adobe News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ADBE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ADBE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Related Companies and Tools
