Intuit (INTU) Competitors

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate INTU or WFC?

Intuit presently has a consensus price target of $720.37, indicating a potential upside of 11.47%. Wells Fargo & Company has a consensus price target of $60.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.05%. Given Wells Fargo & Company's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wells Fargo & Company is more favorable than Intuit.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intuit	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Wells Fargo & Company	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INTU or WFC?

Wells Fargo & Company received 419 more outperform votes than Intuit when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.81% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Wells Fargo & Company an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intuit	Outperform Votes 1092 68.81%	Underperform Votes 495 31.19%
Wells Fargo & Company	Outperform Votes 1511 62.88%	Underperform Votes 892 37.12%

Is INTU or WFC a better dividend stock?

Intuit pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Wells Fargo & Company pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Intuit pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wells Fargo & Company pays out 32.9% 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Wells Fargo & Company is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, INTU or WFC?

Intuit has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wells Fargo & Company has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is INTU or WFC more profitable?

Intuit has a net margin of 18.19% compared to Wells Fargo & Company's net margin of 15.17%. Intuit's return on equity of 18.64% beat Wells Fargo & Company's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intuit	18.19%	18.64%	10.87%
Wells Fargo & Company	15.17%	12.30%	1.04%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in INTU or WFC?

83.7% of Intuit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Intuit shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wells Fargo & Company shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to INTU or WFC?

In the previous week, Wells Fargo & Company had 6 more articles in the media than Intuit. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Wells Fargo & Company and 33 mentions for Intuit. Intuit's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Wells Fargo & Company's score of 0.65 indicating that Intuit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intuit	13 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wells Fargo & Company	16 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, INTU or WFC?

Wells Fargo & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Intuit. Wells Fargo & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuit, 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
Intuit	$16.29B	11.09	$2.96B	$10.84	59.62
Wells Fargo & Company	$82.89B	2.26	$19.14B	$4.87	11.05

Summary

Intuit beats Wells Fargo & Company on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.