ANSS vs. MSTR, SPLK, TTWO, TYL, MANH, SSNC, INFA, GWRE, ADSK, and CDNS
Should you be buying ANSYS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ANSYS include MicroStrategy (MSTR), Splunk (SPLK), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Manhattan Associates (MANH), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Informatica (INFA), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Autodesk (ADSK), and Cadence Design Systems (CDNS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.
MicroStrategy presently has a consensus target price of $684.20, indicating a potential downside of 54.47%. ANSYS has a consensus target price of $322.75, indicating a potential downside of 3.73%. Given MicroStrategy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ANSYS is more favorable than MicroStrategy.
MicroStrategy has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ANSYS has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
49.4% of MicroStrategy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of ANSYS shares are held by institutional investors. 22.6% of MicroStrategy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ANSYS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MicroStrategy had 45 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for MicroStrategy and 19 mentions for ANSYS. MicroStrategy's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat ANSYS's score of 0.42 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ANSYS has higher revenue and earnings than MicroStrategy. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANSYS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MicroStrategy has a net margin of 86.47% compared to MicroStrategy's net margin of 22.05%. ANSYS's return on equity of 42.81% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.
ANSYS received 16 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.79% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote while only 55.72% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.
Summary
MicroStrategy beats ANSYS on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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