GDDY vs. IOT, JKHY, OTEX, CACI, SAIC, TYL, ERIC, STX, PSTG, and VRSN
Should you be buying GoDaddy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GoDaddy include Samsara (IOT), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Open Text (OTEX), CACI International (CACI), Science Applications International (SAIC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Seagate Technology (STX), Pure Storage (PSTG), and VeriSign (VRSN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) and Samsara (NYSE:IOT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
GoDaddy has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samsara has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GoDaddy has higher revenue and earnings than Samsara. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GoDaddy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GoDaddy has a net margin of 32.74% compared to Samsara's net margin of -30.59%. Samsara's return on equity of -22.90% beat GoDaddy's return on equity.
90.3% of GoDaddy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Samsara shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of GoDaddy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.1% of Samsara shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GoDaddy received 855 more outperform votes than Samsara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.18% of users gave GoDaddy an outperform vote while only 38.57% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.
GoDaddy presently has a consensus price target of $135.18, suggesting a potential upside of 8.14%. Samsara has a consensus price target of $32.60, suggesting a potential downside of 9.42%. Given GoDaddy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GoDaddy is more favorable than Samsara.
In the previous week, Samsara had 1 more articles in the media than GoDaddy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Samsara and 7 mentions for GoDaddy. GoDaddy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Samsara's score of 0.61 indicating that GoDaddy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
GoDaddy beats Samsara on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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