CrowdStrike - CRWD Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRWD or ANSS?

ANSYS received 72 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.74% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote while only 57.71% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CrowdStrike	Outperform Votes 332 65.74%	Underperform Votes 173 34.26%
ANSYS	Outperform Votes 404 57.71%	Underperform Votes 296 42.29%

Is CRWD or ANSS more profitable?

ANSYS has a net margin of 25.35% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -8.18%. ANSYS's return on equity of 12.22% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CrowdStrike	-8.18%	-12.20%	-3.62%
ANSYS	25.35%	12.22%	8.90%

Which has more volatility and risk, CRWD or ANSS?

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ANSYS has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CRWD or ANSS?

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 6 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CrowdStrike and 10 mentions for ANSYS. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat CrowdStrike's score of 0.56 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ANSYS	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CRWD or ANSS?

65.1% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of ANSYS shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of CrowdStrike shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ANSYS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CRWD or ANSS?

ANSYS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANSYS, 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
CrowdStrike	$2.24 billion	14.31	-$183.24 million	-$0.79	-172.18
ANSYS	$2.07 billion	13.26	$523.71 million	$5.99	52.49

Do analysts prefer CRWD or ANSS?

CrowdStrike currently has a consensus target price of $173.14, suggesting a potential upside of 27.29%. ANSYS has a consensus target price of $286.25, suggesting a potential downside of 8.96%. Given CrowdStrike's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than ANSYS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CrowdStrike	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	35 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
ANSYS	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

ANSYS beats CrowdStrike on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.