Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) Vs. ADBE, CRM, SNPS, ADSK, WDAY, CDNS, ANSS, SSNC, SPLK, and TYL
Should you be buying Intuit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuit include Adobe (ADBE), Salesforce (CRM), Synopsys (SNPS), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), ANSYS (ANSS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Splunk (SPLK), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Intuit vs.
Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Adobe has a net margin of 29.90% compared to Intuit's net margin of 19.03%. Adobe's return on equity of 36.47% beat Intuit's return on equity.
Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than Intuit. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.4% of Intuit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.5% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Intuit shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Intuit has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Intuit had 3 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Intuit and 16 mentions for Adobe. Intuit's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Adobe's score of 0.20 indicating that Intuit is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Intuit currently has a consensus price target of $601.42, indicating a potential upside of 63.53%. Adobe has a consensus price target of $585.04, indicating a potential upside of 46.59%. Given Intuit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intuit is more favorable than Adobe.
Adobe received 535 more outperform votes than Intuit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.41% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 71.15% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote.
Summary
Adobe beats Intuit on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding INTU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) vs. Its Competitors
