BSY vs. OKTA, SSNC, NTNX, TRMB, MANH, NICE, DT, TYL, CHKP, and TWLO
Should you be buying Bentley Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bentley Systems include Okta (OKTA), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Nutanix (NTNX), Trimble (TRMB), Manhattan Associates (MANH), NICE (NICE), Dynatrace (DT), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), and Twilio (TWLO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) and Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) 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, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Bentley Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Okta. Okta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bentley Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Okta had 3 more articles in the media than Bentley Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Okta and 8 mentions for Bentley Systems. Bentley Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Okta's score of 0.52 indicating that Bentley Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Okta received 476 more outperform votes than Bentley Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.36% of users gave Bentley Systems an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Okta an outperform vote.
Bentley Systems has a net margin of 26.60% compared to Okta's net margin of -15.69%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 33.87% beat Okta's return on equity.
44.2% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Okta shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Okta shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bentley Systems currently has a consensus price target of $58.44, suggesting a potential upside of 7.49%. Okta has a consensus price target of $100.39, suggesting a potential upside of 8.02%. Given Okta's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Okta is more favorable than Bentley Systems.
Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okta has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Bentley Systems beats Okta on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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