FSLY vs. WK, PWSC, BRZE, BLKB, FRSH, ZETA, QTWO, ACIW, BOX, and NCNO
Should you be buying Fastly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastly include Workiva (WK), PowerSchool (PWSC), Braze (BRZE), Blackbaud (BLKB), Freshworks (FRSH), Zeta Global (ZETA), Q2 (QTWO), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), BOX (BOX), and nCino (NCNO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) and Workiva (NYSE:WK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Workiva had 3 more articles in the media than Fastly. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Workiva and 4 mentions for Fastly. Workiva's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Fastly's score of 0.28 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Workiva has a net margin of -14.20% compared to Fastly's net margin of -25.26%. Workiva's return on equity of 0.00% beat Fastly's return on equity.
Workiva has higher revenue and earnings than Fastly. Workiva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fastly has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workiva has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fastly currently has a consensus target price of $14.61, suggesting a potential upside of 74.57%. Workiva has a consensus target price of $111.86, suggesting a potential upside of 40.90%. Given Fastly's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fastly is more favorable than Workiva.
79.7% of Fastly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Workiva shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Fastly shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Workiva shares are held by 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.
Workiva received 267 more outperform votes than Fastly when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave Fastly an outperform vote.
Summary
Workiva beats Fastly on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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