MDB vs. SPLK, PTC, CHKP, TYL, NICE, SSNC, PAYC, TWLO, BSY, and DT
Should you be buying MongoDB stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MongoDB include Splunk (SPLK), PTC (PTC), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Tyler Technologies (TYL), NICE (NICE), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Paycom Software (PAYC), Twilio (TWLO), Bentley Systems (BSY), and Dynatrace (DT). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MongoDB vs.
MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB) and Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Splunk has a net margin of -7.60% compared to MongoDB's net margin of -26.90%. Splunk's return on equity of 0.00% beat MongoDB's return on equity.
Splunk has higher revenue and earnings than MongoDB. Splunk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MongoDB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MongoDB has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Splunk has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MongoDB currently has a consensus target price of $253.87, indicating a potential upside of 15.95%. Splunk has a consensus target price of $115.23, indicating a potential upside of 24.89%. Given Splunk's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Splunk is more favorable than MongoDB.
84.9% of MongoDB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.7% of Splunk shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of MongoDB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Splunk shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Splunk had 2 more articles in the media than MongoDB. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Splunk and 4 mentions for MongoDB. Splunk's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat MongoDB's score of 0.65 indicating that Splunk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Splunk received 1229 more outperform votes than MongoDB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.13% of users gave Splunk an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave MongoDB an outperform vote.
Summary
Splunk beats MongoDB on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MDB 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.
