CFLT vs. HUBS, BIDU, WIT, TTD, GDDY, SRAD, CHKP, ZM, IOT, and CRWV
Should you be buying Confluent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Confluent include HubSpot (HUBS), Baidu (BIDU), Wipro (WIT), Trade Desk (TTD), GoDaddy (GDDY), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Samsara (IOT), and CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock (CRWV). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Confluent vs.
Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) and HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Confluent had 13 more articles in the media than HubSpot. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Confluent and 29 mentions for HubSpot. HubSpot's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Confluent's score of 0.79 indicating that HubSpot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Confluent presently has a consensus price target of $30.55, indicating a potential upside of 57.60%. HubSpot has a consensus price target of $782.63, indicating a potential upside of 25.26%. Given Confluent's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Confluent is more favorable than HubSpot.
HubSpot has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. Confluent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HubSpot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.1% of Confluent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Confluent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of HubSpot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
HubSpot has a net margin of 0.17% compared to Confluent's net margin of -35.81%. HubSpot's return on equity of -0.07% beat Confluent's return on equity.
Confluent has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HubSpot has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HubSpot received 758 more outperform votes than Confluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.81% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote.
Summary
HubSpot beats Confluent on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CFLT) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
