ORCL vs. NOW, CRM, ADBE, INTU, SHOP, ASML, AMD, CSCO, TMUS, and QCOM
Should you be buying Oracle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oracle include ServiceNow (NOW), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Shopify (SHOP), ASML (ASML), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), T-Mobile US (TMUS), and QUALCOMM (QCOM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
ServiceNow has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Oracle's net margin of 20.27%. Oracle's return on equity of 336.11% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.
Oracle presently has a consensus price target of $130.76, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. ServiceNow has a consensus price target of $807.28, indicating a potential upside of 15.91%. Given ServiceNow's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Oracle.
42.4% of Oracle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ServiceNow shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.8% of Oracle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Oracle has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ServiceNow had 12 more articles in the media than Oracle. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for ServiceNow and 53 mentions for Oracle. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.45 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oracle received 762 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.56% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 70.10% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
Oracle has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ServiceNow beats Oracle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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