ADSK vs. PLTR, EA, ANSS, MSTR, TYL, CDNS, SSNC, SNPS, TRMB, and MANH
Should you be buying Autodesk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autodesk include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Electronic Arts (EA), ANSYS (ANSS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Synopsys (SNPS), Trimble (TRMB), and Manhattan Associates (MANH).
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 12 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 25 mentions for Autodesk. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.28 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Autodesk has a net margin of 16.48% compared to Autodesk's net margin of 9.43%. Palantir Technologies' return on equity of 75.01% beat Autodesk's return on equity.
Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $18.35, indicating a potential downside of 18.53%. Autodesk has a consensus price target of $272.44, indicating a potential upside of 25.01%. Given Palantir Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Autodesk is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Autodesk shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Autodesk shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Autodesk has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. Autodesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autodesk has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Autodesk received 1139 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.39% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote while only 46.25% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Autodesk beats Palantir Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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