ADSK vs. PLTR, EA, VEEV, TRMB, INTU, SNPS, CDNS, WDAY, FICO, and ANSS
Should you be buying Autodesk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autodesk include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Electronic Arts (EA), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Trimble (TRMB), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), Fair Isaac (FICO), and ANSYS (ANSS).
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Autodesk has a net margin of 18.21% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of 16.32%. Autodesk's return on equity of 64.61% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential downside of 17.63%. Autodesk has a consensus price target of $292.17, indicating a potential upside of 16.69%. Given Autodesk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Autodesk is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autodesk has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 44 mentions for Autodesk. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.51 indicating that Autodesk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Autodesk has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. Autodesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Autodesk shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Autodesk shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Autodesk received 1157 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.27% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote while only 43.09% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Autodesk beats Palantir Technologies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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