GWRE vs. INFA, MANH, BLKB, ACIW, SSNC, MSTR, TYL, ANSS, MNDY, and PCTY
Should you be buying Guidewire Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guidewire Software include Informatica (INFA), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), ANSYS (ANSS), monday.com (MNDY), and Paylocity (PCTY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) and Informatica (NYSE:INFA) 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 profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Guidewire Software currently has a consensus target price of $115.11, suggesting a potential downside of 0.94%. Informatica has a consensus target price of $35.45, suggesting a potential upside of 18.14%. Given Informatica's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Guidewire Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Informatica. Informatica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guidewire Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guidewire Software received 85 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
98.5% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Informatica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Informatica has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of -5.48%. Informatica's return on equity of 5.31% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.
Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informatica has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Informatica had 17 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Informatica and 11 mentions for Guidewire Software. Informatica's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Guidewire Software's score of 0.75 indicating that Informatica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Informatica beats Guidewire Software on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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