FORTY vs. APPF, NICE, PCTY, GTLB, DSGX, SRAD, DBX, MTCH, CFLT, and WIX
Should you be buying Formula Systems (1985) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Formula Systems (1985) include AppFolio (APPF), Nice (NICE), Paylocity (PCTY), GitLab (GTLB), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Dropbox (DBX), Match Group (MTCH), Confluent (CFLT), and Wix.com (WIX). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Formula Systems (1985) vs. Its Competitors
Formula Systems (1985) (NASDAQ:FORTY) and AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, AppFolio had 11 more articles in the media than Formula Systems (1985). MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AppFolio and 4 mentions for Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985)'s average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat AppFolio's score of 0.63 indicating that Formula Systems (1985) is being referred to more favorably in the media.
34.8% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. 23.3% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of AppFolio shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AppFolio has a consensus price target of $318.20, indicating a potential upside of 32.83%. Given AppFolio's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AppFolio is more favorable than Formula Systems (1985).
AppFolio has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Formula Systems (1985) has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AppFolio has a net margin of 23.54% compared to Formula Systems (1985)'s net margin of 2.70%. AppFolio's return on equity of 26.32% beat Formula Systems (1985)'s return on equity.
Summary
AppFolio beats Formula Systems (1985) on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FORTY) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff