FDS vs. WDAY, ADSK, FICO, MSTR, ANSS, TYL, SSNC, MANH, AZPN, and GWRE
Should you be buying FactSet Research Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FactSet Research Systems include Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Aspen Technology (AZPN), and Guidewire Software (GWRE). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) and Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
FactSet Research Systems currently has a consensus target price of $443.56, suggesting a potential upside of 3.87%. Workday has a consensus target price of $283.96, suggesting a potential upside of 31.81%. Given Workday's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Workday is more favorable than FactSet Research Systems.
In the previous week, Workday had 119 more articles in the media than FactSet Research Systems. MarketBeat recorded 125 mentions for Workday and 6 mentions for FactSet Research Systems. FactSet Research Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Workday's score of 0.02 indicating that FactSet Research Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Workday has higher revenue and earnings than FactSet Research Systems. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workday, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 22.72% compared to Workday's net margin of 19.66%. FactSet Research Systems' return on equity of 34.36% beat Workday's return on equity.
FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workday has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Workday shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Workday received 1094 more outperform votes than FactSet Research Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Workday an outperform vote while only 42.98% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Workday beats FactSet Research Systems on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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