U vs. INFA, APPF, DSGX, GTLB, DBX, PCTY, CDAY, DAY, GWRE, and CYBR
Should you be buying Unity Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Software include Informatica (INFA), AppFolio (APPF), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), GitLab (GTLB), Dropbox (DBX), Paylocity (PCTY), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Dayforce (DAY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), and CyberArk Software (CYBR). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Unity Software (NYSE:U) and Informatica (NYSE:INFA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
Informatica has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -40.11%. Informatica's return on equity of 5.31% beat Unity Software's return on equity.
73.5% of Unity Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Unity Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Informatica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Unity Software had 7 more articles in the media than Informatica. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Unity Software and 8 mentions for Informatica. Unity Software's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Informatica's score of 0.23 indicating that Unity Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Informatica received 237 more outperform votes than Unity Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Unity Software an outperform vote.
Unity Software presently has a consensus target price of $35.38, indicating a potential upside of 85.49%. Informatica has a consensus target price of $35.45, indicating a potential upside of 19.34%. Given Unity Software's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Unity Software is more favorable than Informatica.
Informatica has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unity Software. Informatica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unity Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unity Software has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informatica has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Informatica beats Unity Software on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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