MSFT vs. ORCL, NOW, FTNT, AXON, CVLT, QLYS, AI, PRGS, SAP, and CRM
Should you be buying Microsoft stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), SAP (SAP), and Salesforce (CRM).
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Microsoft pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Oracle pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Microsoft pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oracle pays out 46.9% 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. Microsoft has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years.
Microsoft has a net margin of 35.43% compared to Oracle's net margin of 21.16%. Oracle's return on equity of 133.25% beat Microsoft's return on equity.
71.1% of Microsoft shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Oracle shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Microsoft shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.2% of Oracle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Microsoft has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Oracle has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Microsoft has higher revenue and earnings than Oracle. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Microsoft, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Microsoft had 232 more articles in the media than Oracle. MarketBeat recorded 304 mentions for Microsoft and 72 mentions for Oracle. Microsoft's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Oracle's score of 0.80 indicating that Microsoft is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Microsoft received 1108 more outperform votes than Oracle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.87% of users gave Microsoft an outperform vote while only 69.65% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
Microsoft currently has a consensus price target of $503.27, indicating a potential upside of 17.30%. Oracle has a consensus price target of $174.42, indicating a potential upside of 18.60%. Given Oracle's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oracle is more favorable than Microsoft.
Summary
Microsoft beats Oracle on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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