CYBR vs. PAYC, TWLO, GWRE, INFA, CDAY, DAY, U, PCTY, MNDY, and GTLB
Should you be buying CyberArk Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CyberArk Software include Paycom Software (PAYC), Twilio (TWLO), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Dayforce (DAY), Unity Software (U), Paylocity (PCTY), monday.com (MNDY), and GitLab (GTLB). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
87.8% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CyberArk Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of Paycom Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CyberArk Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Paycom Software had 7 more articles in the media than CyberArk Software. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Paycom Software and 33 mentions for CyberArk Software. CyberArk Software's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Paycom Software's score of 0.40 indicating that Paycom Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CyberArk Software received 142 more outperform votes than Paycom Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.53% of users gave CyberArk Software an outperform vote while only 65.27% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote.
Paycom Software presently has a consensus target price of $247.25, indicating a potential upside of 44.35%. CyberArk Software has a consensus target price of $265.63, indicating a potential upside of 16.85%. Given CyberArk Software's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than CyberArk Software.
Paycom Software has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CyberArk Software has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than CyberArk Software. CyberArk Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycom Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.91% compared to Paycom Software's net margin of -3.20%. CyberArk Software's return on equity of 32.84% beat Paycom Software's return on equity.
Summary
Paycom Software beats CyberArk Software on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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