ANSYS (ANSS) Competitors

ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) and Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer ANSS or SPLK?

ANSYS presently has a consensus target price of $323.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.34%. Splunk has a consensus target price of $135.31, indicating a potential downside of 13.76%. Given ANSYS's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ANSYS is more favorable than Splunk.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ANSYS	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88
Splunk	0 Sell rating(s)	23 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Is ANSS or SPLK more profitable?

ANSYS has a net margin of 22.05% compared to Splunk's net margin of 6.26%. Splunk's return on equity of 32,117.42% beat ANSYS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ANSYS	22.05%	11.83%	8.77%
Splunk	6.26%	32,117.42%	7.18%

Does the media refer more to ANSS or SPLK?

In the previous week, ANSYS had 1 more articles in the media than Splunk. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ANSYS and 7 mentions for Splunk. Splunk's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat ANSYS's score of 1.00 indicating that Splunk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ANSYS	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Splunk	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ANSS or SPLK?

ANSYS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Splunk. ANSYS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Splunk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ANSYS	$2.27B	12.54	$500.41M	$5.73	56.89
Splunk	$4.22B	6.27	$263.73M	$1.26	124.52

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ANSS or SPLK?

92.4% of ANSYS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Splunk shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ANSYS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Splunk shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ANSS or SPLK?

Splunk received 1379 more outperform votes than ANSYS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.64% of users gave Splunk an outperform vote while only 55.35% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ANSYS	Outperform Votes 409 55.35%	Underperform Votes 330 44.65%
Splunk	Outperform Votes 1788 77.64%	Underperform Votes 515 22.36%

Which has more volatility & risk, ANSS or SPLK?

ANSYS has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Splunk has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Summary

ANSYS beats Splunk on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.