MSTR vs. TYL, ANSS, SSNC, MANH, GWRE, INFA, CVLT, INST, PRGS, and SPNS
Should you be buying MicroStrategy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MicroStrategy include Tyler Technologies (TYL), ANSYS (ANSS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Instructure (INST), Progress Software (PRGS), and Sapiens International (SPNS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Tyler Technologies (NYSE:TYL) and MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) 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 risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
MicroStrategy has a net margin of 86.47% compared to MicroStrategy's net margin of 9.50%. Tyler Technologies' return on equity of 42.81% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.
93.3% of Tyler Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tyler Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MicroStrategy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tyler Technologies. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tyler Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tyler Technologies received 230 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.67% of users gave Tyler Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
Tyler Technologies has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MicroStrategy has a beta of 2.89, indicating that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tyler Technologies had 4 more articles in the media than MicroStrategy. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Tyler Technologies and 34 mentions for MicroStrategy. MicroStrategy's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Tyler Technologies' score of 0.61 indicating that Tyler Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tyler Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $480.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.31%. MicroStrategy has a consensus price target of $1,733.75, suggesting a potential upside of 35.20%. Given Tyler Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MicroStrategy is more favorable than Tyler Technologies.
Summary
MicroStrategy beats Tyler Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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