WK vs. VERX, CWAN, FRSH, CVLT, FROG, BLKB, VRNS, SQSP, ACIW, and BOX
Should you be buying Workiva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workiva include Vertex (VERX), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Freshworks (FRSH), Commvault Systems (CVLT), JFrog (FROG), Blackbaud (BLKB), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Squarespace (SQSP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), and BOX (BOX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) and Workiva (NYSE:WK) 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 community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Vertex has a net margin of 1.29% compared to Vertex's net margin of -14.20%. Workiva's return on equity of 18.67% beat Vertex's return on equity.
Vertex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Workiva. Workiva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vertex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vertex has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workiva has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Workiva received 363 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.
Vertex presently has a consensus target price of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.51%. Workiva has a consensus target price of $111.86, indicating a potential upside of 35.98%. Given Vertex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Workiva is more favorable than Vertex.
In the previous week, Vertex had 17 more articles in the media than Workiva. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Vertex and 11 mentions for Workiva. Vertex's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Workiva's score of 0.74 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
59.1% of Vertex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.0% of Vertex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Workiva shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vertex beats Workiva on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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