CHKP vs. DT, OKTA, PTC, SSNC, BSY, SPLK, TYL, PAYC, NICE, and TWLO
Should you be buying Check Point Software Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Check Point Software Technologies include Dynatrace (DT), Okta (OKTA), PTC (PTC), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Bentley Systems (BSY), Splunk (SPLK), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Paycom Software (PAYC), NICE (NICE), and Twilio (TWLO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Check Point Software Technologies vs.
Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) 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 valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Check Point Software Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $133.91, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. Dynatrace has a consensus target price of $50.14, indicating a potential downside of 4.64%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Check Point Software Technologies is more favorable than Dynatrace.
Check Point Software Technologies received 696 more outperform votes than Dynatrace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.99% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote while only 66.39% of users gave Check Point Software Technologies an outperform vote.
Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 34.49% compared to Dynatrace's net margin of 9.32%. Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity of 28.35% beat Dynatrace's return on equity.
In the previous week, Dynatrace had 4 more articles in the media than Check Point Software Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Dynatrace and 5 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies. Check Point Software Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Dynatrace's score of 0.50 indicating that Check Point Software Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
64.8% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Dynatrace shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are owned 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.
Check Point Software Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Dynatrace. Check Point Software Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Check Point Software Technologies beats Dynatrace on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CHKP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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