Confluent (CFLT) Competitors

Samsara (NYSE:IOT) and Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IOT or CFLT?

96.0% of Samsara shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Confluent shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.0% of Samsara shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Confluent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, IOT or CFLT?

Samsara has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Confluent has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IOT or CFLT?

Samsara presently has a consensus price target of $49.47, indicating a potential upside of 8.26%. Confluent has a consensus price target of $30.11, indicating a potential upside of 43.05%. Given Confluent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Confluent is more favorable than Samsara.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Samsara	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Confluent	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Does the media prefer IOT or CFLT?

In the previous week, Samsara had 7 more articles in the media than Confluent. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Samsara and 16 mentions for Confluent. Samsara's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Confluent's score of 0.92 indicating that Samsara is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Samsara	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Confluent	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IOT or CFLT?

Samsara has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Confluent, 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
Samsara	$1.25B	20.82	-$286.73M	-$0.28	-163.19
Confluent	$1.02B	7.04	-$345.07M	-$0.98	-21.48

Is IOT or CFLT more profitable?

Samsara has a net margin of -21.80% compared to Confluent's net margin of -35.81%. Samsara's return on equity of -19.44% beat Confluent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Samsara	-21.80%	-19.44%	-10.30%
Confluent	-35.81%	-34.70%	-12.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IOT or CFLT?

Confluent received 105 more outperform votes than Samsara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.36% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote while only 39.68% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Samsara	Outperform Votes 50 39.68%	Underperform Votes 76 60.32%
Confluent	Outperform Votes 155 56.36%	Underperform Votes 120 43.64%

Summary

Samsara beats Confluent on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.