CFLT vs. HUBS, WIT, BIDU, SRAD, IOT, GDDY, CHKP, ZM, DUOL, and PINS
Should you be buying Confluent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Confluent include HubSpot (HUBS), Wipro (WIT), Baidu (BIDU), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Samsara (IOT), GoDaddy (GDDY), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Duolingo (DUOL), and Pinterest (PINS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Confluent vs.
HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) and Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, HubSpot had 12 more articles in the media than Confluent. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for HubSpot and 18 mentions for Confluent. HubSpot's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Confluent's score of 0.21 indicating that HubSpot is being referred to more favorably in the media.
HubSpot has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. HubSpot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Confluent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HubSpot has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Confluent has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
HubSpot presently has a consensus price target of $766.71, indicating a potential upside of 32.00%. Confluent has a consensus price target of $30.11, indicating a potential upside of 24.86%. Given HubSpot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe HubSpot is more favorable than Confluent.
90.4% of HubSpot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Confluent shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of HubSpot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Confluent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
HubSpot received 769 more outperform votes than Confluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.94% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote.
Summary
HubSpot beats Confluent on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CFLT) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
