CWAN vs. CVLT, WK, ZI, VRNS, VERX, TENB, BLKB, FRSH, QLYS, and ACIW
Should you be buying Clearwater Analytics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Analytics include Commvault Systems (CVLT), Workiva (WK), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Vertex (VERX), Tenable (TENB), Blackbaud (BLKB), Freshworks (FRSH), Qualys (QLYS), and ACI Worldwide (ACIW). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) and Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) 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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Commvault Systems has a net margin of 20.13% compared to Clearwater Analytics' net margin of -3.90%. Commvault Systems' return on equity of 31.27% beat Clearwater Analytics' return on equity.
Commvault Systems received 527 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.50% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote while only 36.25% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.
Commvault Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Clearwater Analytics. Clearwater Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commvault Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Commvault Systems had 9 more articles in the media than Clearwater Analytics. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Commvault Systems and 11 mentions for Clearwater Analytics. Clearwater Analytics' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Commvault Systems' score of 0.41 indicating that Clearwater Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clearwater Analytics presently has a consensus target price of $21.70, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. Commvault Systems has a consensus target price of $119.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.78%. Given Clearwater Analytics' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Clearwater Analytics is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Commvault Systems beats Clearwater Analytics on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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