FORTY vs. GTLB, OS, WAY, PATH, CCCS, CWAN, S, QTWO, VRNS, and VERX
Should you be buying Formula Systems (1985) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Formula Systems (1985) include GitLab (GTLB), OneStream (OS), Waystar (WAY), UiPath (PATH), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), SentinelOne (S), Q2 (QTWO), Varonis Systems (VRNS), and Vertex (VERX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Formula Systems (1985) vs. Its Competitors
GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) and Formula Systems (1985) (NASDAQ:FORTY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
95.0% of GitLab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of GitLab shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are owned by company 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.
GitLab presently has a consensus target price of $63.59, suggesting a potential upside of 37.40%. Given GitLab's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GitLab is more favorable than Formula Systems (1985).
Formula Systems (1985) has a net margin of 2.91% compared to GitLab's net margin of 2.17%. Formula Systems (1985)'s return on equity of 6.00% beat GitLab's return on equity.
GitLab has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Formula Systems (1985) has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GitLab had 19 more articles in the media than Formula Systems (1985). MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for GitLab and 3 mentions for Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985)'s average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat GitLab's score of 0.65 indicating that Formula Systems (1985) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Formula Systems (1985) has higher revenue and earnings than GitLab. Formula Systems (1985) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GitLab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Formula Systems (1985) beats GitLab on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FORTY) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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