INFA vs. GWRE, MANH, BLKB, ACIW, SSNC, TYL, MSTR, ANSS, MNDY, and DAY
Should you be buying Informatica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Informatica include Guidewire Software (GWRE), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), monday.com (MNDY), and Dayforce (DAY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Informatica (NYSE:INFA) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Informatica presently has a consensus price target of $35.45, indicating a potential upside of 18.82%. Guidewire Software has a consensus price target of $115.11, indicating a potential upside of 1.58%. Given Informatica's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Informatica has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Guidewire Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Informatica has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of -5.48%. Informatica's return on equity of 5.45% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.
98.5% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Informatica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Informatica had 16 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Informatica and 12 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 media.
Summary
Informatica beats Guidewire Software on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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