AI vs. QLYS, CVLT, PRGS, MSFT, ORCL, NOW, FTNT, AXON, BSY, and DT
Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Bentley Systems (BSY), and Dynatrace (DT).
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 20 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for C3.ai and 11 mentions for Qualys. C3.ai's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Qualys' score of 0.39 indicating that C3.ai is being referred to more favorably in the media.
C3.ai currently has a consensus price target of $31.30, indicating a potential upside of 1.26%. Qualys has a consensus price target of $162.23, indicating a potential upside of 20.16%. Given Qualys' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Qualys is more favorable than C3.ai.
Qualys has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -93.36%. Qualys' return on equity of 47.28% beat C3.ai's return on equity.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Qualys received 145 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.84% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are held by institutional investors. 34.0% of C3.ai shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Qualys shares are held 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.
Summary
Qualys beats C3.ai on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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.
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