GTLB vs. APPF, GWRE, PCTY, DBX, ESTC, DAY, CDAY, U, DSGX, and DOX
Should you be buying GitLab stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GitLab include AppFolio (APPF), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Paylocity (PCTY), Dropbox (DBX), Elastic (ESTC), Dayforce (DAY), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Unity Software (U), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), and Amdocs (DOX).
AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) and GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) 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 institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.
AppFolio has a net margin of 0.44% compared to AppFolio's net margin of -73.14%. GitLab's return on equity of -8.58% beat AppFolio's return on equity.
AppFolio received 216 more outperform votes than GitLab when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.91% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote while only 48.46% of users gave GitLab an outperform vote.
AppFolio has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GitLab has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AppFolio currently has a consensus target price of $239.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.97%. GitLab has a consensus target price of $69.19, suggesting a potential upside of 18.64%. Given AppFolio's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GitLab is more favorable than AppFolio.
AppFolio has higher revenue and earnings than GitLab. GitLab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AppFolio, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.3% of AppFolio shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of GitLab shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of AppFolio shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of GitLab shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, GitLab had 16 more articles in the media than AppFolio. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for GitLab and 6 mentions for AppFolio. GitLab's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat AppFolio's score of 0.49 indicating that AppFolio is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AppFolio beats GitLab on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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