DBX vs. S, APPF, DSGX, GTLB, GWRE, BILL, PCTY, INFA, U, and QLYS
Should you be buying Dropbox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dropbox include SentinelOne (S), AppFolio (APPF), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), GitLab (GTLB), Guidewire Software (GWRE), BILL (BILL), Paylocity (PCTY), Informatica (INFA), Unity Software (U), and Qualys (QLYS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) and SentinelOne (NYSE:S) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Dropbox received 295 more outperform votes than SentinelOne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.43% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 34.71% of users gave SentinelOne an outperform vote.
Dropbox currently has a consensus target price of $30.11, suggesting a potential upside of 25.62%. SentinelOne has a consensus target price of $26.04, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Dropbox's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dropbox is more favorable than SentinelOne.
Dropbox has a net margin of 18.13% compared to SentinelOne's net margin of -54.53%. SentinelOne's return on equity of -18.83% beat Dropbox's return on equity.
Dropbox has higher revenue and earnings than SentinelOne. SentinelOne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dropbox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SentinelOne had 51 more articles in the media than Dropbox. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for SentinelOne and 10 mentions for Dropbox. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat SentinelOne's score of 0.61 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dropbox has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SentinelOne has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
70.3% of Dropbox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of SentinelOne shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of Dropbox shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of SentinelOne shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Dropbox beats SentinelOne on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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