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INTU vs. CRM, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, WDAY, ADSK, FICO, ANSS, and TYL

Should you be buying Intuit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuit include Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Strategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Intuit vs.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Intuit has a net margin of 17.59% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 15.96%. Intuit's return on equity of 18.25% beat Salesforce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intuit17.59% 18.25% 10.42%
Salesforce 15.96%12.34%7.65%

Intuit pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Salesforce pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Intuit pays out 38.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Salesforce pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Intuit has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Intuit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Salesforce had 5 more articles in the media than Intuit. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for Salesforce and 69 mentions for Intuit. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Intuit's score of 0.80 indicating that Salesforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intuit
41 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Salesforce
51 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Salesforce received 2148 more outperform votes than Intuit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.26% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 68.78% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IntuitOutperform Votes
1117
68.78%
Underperform Votes
507
31.22%
SalesforceOutperform Votes
3265
82.26%
Underperform Votes
704
17.74%

Intuit currently has a consensus price target of $717.53, suggesting a potential upside of 15.14%. Salesforce has a consensus price target of $350.56, suggesting a potential upside of 30.24%. Given Salesforce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Salesforce is more favorable than Intuit.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intuit
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Salesforce
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
32 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

Intuit has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Salesforce has higher revenue and earnings than Intuit. Salesforce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intuit$17.17B10.15$2.96B$10.7258.13
Salesforce$37.90B6.83$4.14B$6.3642.32

83.7% of Intuit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Intuit shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Salesforce 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.

Summary

Salesforce beats Intuit on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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INTU vs. The Competition

MetricIntuitPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$174.22B$24.73B$23.43B$7.93B
Dividend Yield0.68%1.94%2.96%4.22%
P/E Ratio60.50114.4642.3518.54
Price / Sales10.1518.202,105.70103.35
Price / Cash39.7186.0634.7234.62
Price / Book9.488.606.184.25
Net Income$2.96B$438.40M$737.35M$248.18M
7 Day Performance1.36%1.50%1.88%1.25%
1 Month Performance1.53%2.74%2.31%3.76%
1 Year Performance1.30%14.12%52,745.56%5.28%

Intuit Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
INTU
Intuit
4.6286 of 5 stars
$623.19
-0.7%
$717.53
+15.1%
+0.3%$175.42B$17.17B60.5017,300Analyst Upgrade
CRM
Salesforce
4.8476 of 5 stars
$265.15
-1.0%
$351.37
+32.5%
-0.2%$254.57B$37.90B43.5773,500Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ADBE
Adobe
4.7874 of 5 stars
$366.85
-0.2%
$502.88
+37.1%
-19.0%$156.43B$22.04B29.6029,200Positive News
MSTR
Strategy
4.391 of 5 stars
$362.51
-1.7%
$508.09
+40.2%
+256.9%$93.11B$463.46M-64.232,150Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.4181 of 5 stars
$285.78
-1.3%
$321.00
+12.3%
+8.0%$78.29B$4.64B73.9410,200Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
SNPS
Synopsys
4.9142 of 5 stars
$440.78
-1.3%
$618.31
+40.3%
-13.5%$68.16B$6.07B30.3619,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
WDAY
Workday
4.8051 of 5 stars
$238.57
-0.4%
$292.86
+22.8%
+0.1%$63.45B$8.45B39.5617,700Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
ADSK
Autodesk
4.4629 of 5 stars
$270.92
+0.4%
$321.36
+18.6%
+28.8%$57.73B$6.13B53.7812,600Positive News
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.7292 of 5 stars
$1,938.36
-0.7%
$2,276.25
+17.4%
+75.7%$47.33B$1.78B88.953,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
3.2887 of 5 stars
$316.05
-1.4%
$352.50
+11.5%
-0.9%$27.70B$2.54B48.255,600Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6122 of 5 stars
$518.39
-1.2%
$674.67
+30.1%
+17.7%$22.34B$2.19B85.527,200Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:INTU) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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