MSTR vs. TYL, ANSS, SSNC, MANH, GWRE, INFA, CVLT, INST, PRGS, and SPNS
Should you be buying MicroStrategy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MicroStrategy include Tyler Technologies (TYL), ANSYS (ANSS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Instructure (INST), Progress Software (PRGS), and Sapiens International (SPNS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Tyler Technologies (NYSE:TYL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
MicroStrategy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tyler Technologies. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tyler Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MicroStrategy presently has a consensus price target of $1,473.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.86%. Tyler Technologies has a consensus price target of $460.46, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. Given MicroStrategy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MicroStrategy is more favorable than Tyler Technologies.
In the previous week, MicroStrategy had 11 more articles in the media than Tyler Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for MicroStrategy and 21 mentions for Tyler Technologies. Tyler Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat MicroStrategy's score of 0.54 indicating that Tyler Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MicroStrategy has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyler Technologies has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tyler Technologies received 227 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave Tyler Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tyler Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Tyler Technologies shares are owned 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.
MicroStrategy has a net margin of 86.47% compared to Tyler Technologies' net margin of 8.50%. MicroStrategy's return on equity of 42.81% beat Tyler Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
MicroStrategy beats Tyler Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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