NOW vs. ORCL, FTNT, AXON, QLYS, CVLT, AI, PRGS, MSFT, CRM, and SAP
Should you be buying ServiceNow stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServiceNow include Oracle (ORCL), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), and SAP (SAP).
ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, Oracle had 2 more articles in the media than ServiceNow. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Oracle and 28 mentions for ServiceNow. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.70 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.2% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Oracle shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.8% of Oracle shares are held 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.
ServiceNow has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Oracle's net margin of 20.27%. Oracle's return on equity of 336.11% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.
ServiceNow presently has a consensus target price of $814.48, suggesting a potential upside of 16.55%. Oracle has a consensus target price of $130.76, suggesting a potential upside of 3.85%. Given ServiceNow's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Oracle.
Oracle has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ServiceNow has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oracle has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oracle received 758 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.63% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 70.06% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
Summary
ServiceNow and Oracle tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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