PTC vs. MSTR, CHKP, TYL, MDB, OKTA, BSY, SSNC, NTNX, ANSS, and MANH
Should you be buying PTC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PTC include MicroStrategy (MSTR), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MongoDB (MDB), Okta (OKTA), Bentley Systems (BSY), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Nutanix (NTNX), ANSYS (ANSS), and Manhattan Associates (MANH). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) and MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
PTC received 218 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.98% of users gave PTC an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
PTC currently has a consensus target price of $202.40, indicating a potential upside of 11.92%. MicroStrategy has a consensus target price of $1,733.75, indicating a potential upside of 33.43%. Given MicroStrategy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MicroStrategy is more favorable than PTC.
MicroStrategy has a net margin of 86.47% compared to PTC's net margin of 10.86%. MicroStrategy's return on equity of 42.81% beat PTC's return on equity.
95.1% of PTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of PTC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, MicroStrategy had 21 more articles in the media than PTC. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for MicroStrategy and 19 mentions for PTC. MicroStrategy's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat PTC's score of 0.14 indicating that MicroStrategy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MicroStrategy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PTC. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PTC has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MicroStrategy has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MicroStrategy beats PTC on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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