Freshworks (FRSH) Competitors

Freshworks (NASDAQ:FRSH) and Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do analysts rate FRSH or SMAR?

Freshworks currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.13%. Smartsheet has a consensus target price of $49.75, suggesting a potential upside of 35.12%. Given Freshworks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Freshworks is more favorable than Smartsheet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Freshworks	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72
Smartsheet	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Which has more volatility & risk, FRSH or SMAR?

Freshworks has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smartsheet has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FRSH or SMAR?

In the previous week, Smartsheet had 5 more articles in the media than Freshworks. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Smartsheet and 10 mentions for Freshworks. Smartsheet's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Freshworks' score of 0.60 indicating that Smartsheet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Freshworks	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Smartsheet	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FRSH or SMAR?

Smartsheet has higher revenue and earnings than Freshworks. Smartsheet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshworks, 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
Freshworks	$596.43M	8.79	-$137.44M	-$0.47	-37.43
Smartsheet	$958.34M	5.28	-$104.63M	-$0.79	-46.61

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FRSH or SMAR?

75.6% of Freshworks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Smartsheet shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.7% of Freshworks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Smartsheet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FRSH or SMAR?

Smartsheet received 347 more outperform votes than Freshworks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Smartsheet an outperform vote while only 37.11% of users gave Freshworks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Freshworks	Outperform Votes 36 37.11%	Underperform Votes 61 62.89%
Smartsheet	Outperform Votes 383 65.47%	Underperform Votes 202 34.53%

Is FRSH or SMAR more profitable?

Smartsheet has a net margin of -10.92% compared to Freshworks' net margin of -23.04%. Freshworks' return on equity of -12.55% beat Smartsheet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Freshworks	-23.04%	-12.55%	-9.39%
Smartsheet	-10.92%	-16.57%	-7.60%

Summary

Freshworks and Smartsheet tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.