NICE vs. DT, NTNX, BSY, SSNC, MANH, OKTA, TWLO, PAYC, CYBR, and CHKP
Should you be buying NICE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NICE include Dynatrace (DT), Nutanix (NTNX), Bentley Systems (BSY), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Okta (OKTA), Twilio (TWLO), Paycom Software (PAYC), CyberArk Software (CYBR), and Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
Dynatrace has a net margin of 14.44% compared to NICE's net margin of 14.23%. NICE's return on equity of 13.29% beat Dynatrace's return on equity.
63.3% of NICE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Dynatrace shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of NICE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NICE received 425 more outperform votes than Dynatrace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave NICE an outperform vote while only 67.51% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote.
NICE has higher revenue and earnings than Dynatrace. NICE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, NICE had 38 more articles in the media than Dynatrace. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for NICE and 5 mentions for Dynatrace. Dynatrace's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat NICE's score of 0.49 indicating that Dynatrace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NICE presently has a consensus price target of $291.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.39%. Dynatrace has a consensus price target of $61.08, indicating a potential upside of 33.40%. Given Dynatrace's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dynatrace is more favorable than NICE.
NICE has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NICE and Dynatrace tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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