BSY vs. OKTA, SSNC, NICE, DT, CHKP, XM, TWLO, MANH, PTC, and BILL
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), NICE (NICE), Dynatrace (DT), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Qualtrics International (XM), Twilio (TWLO), Manhattan Associates (MANH), PTC (PTC), and BILL (BILL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Bentley Systems vs.
Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) and Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.
In the previous week, Okta had 2 more articles in the media than Bentley Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Okta and 9 mentions for Bentley Systems. Okta's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Bentley Systems' score of 0.62 indicating that Okta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bentley Systems presently has a consensus target price of $50.78, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. Okta has a consensus target price of $86.71, suggesting a potential downside of 1.58%. Given Bentley Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Bentley Systems is more favorable than Okta.
Bentley Systems has a net margin of 14.40% compared to Okta's net margin of -43.87%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 38.40% beat Okta's return on equity.
Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okta has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
36.1% of Bentley Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Okta shares are held by institutional investors. 22.5% of Bentley Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Okta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Okta received 457 more outperform votes than Bentley Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.35% of users gave Okta an outperform vote while only 60.56% of users gave Bentley Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Bentley Systems beats Okta on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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