CWAN vs. FRSH, FROG, WK, BLKB, VERX, CVLT, ACIW, BOX, QTWO, and BL
Should you be buying Clearwater Analytics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Analytics include Freshworks (FRSH), JFrog (FROG), Workiva (WK), Blackbaud (BLKB), Vertex (VERX), Commvault Systems (CVLT), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), BOX (BOX), Q2 (QTWO), and BlackLine (BL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Freshworks (NASDAQ:FRSH) and Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Clearwater Analytics has a net margin of -3.90% compared to Clearwater Analytics' net margin of -18.93%. Freshworks' return on equity of 1.25% beat Clearwater Analytics' return on equity.
Freshworks has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
75.6% of Freshworks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Freshworks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Freshworks currently has a consensus price target of $22.59, suggesting a potential upside of 64.76%. Clearwater Analytics has a consensus price target of $21.70, suggesting a potential upside of 18.71%. Given Clearwater Analytics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Freshworks is more favorable than Clearwater Analytics.
Clearwater Analytics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freshworks. Clearwater Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshworks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Freshworks received 13 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 39.25% of users gave Freshworks an outperform vote while only 36.25% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Freshworks had 9 more articles in the media than Clearwater Analytics. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Freshworks and 13 mentions for Clearwater Analytics. Freshworks' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Clearwater Analytics' score of 0.23 indicating that Clearwater Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Freshworks beats Clearwater Analytics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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