MSTR vs. CVLT, INST, EPAY, PING, PRGS, SNPS, CDNS, WDAY, ADSK, and FICO
Should you be buying MicroStrategy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MicroStrategy include Commvault Systems (CVLT), Instructure (INST), Bottomline Technologies (EPAY), Ping Identity (PING), Progress Software (PRGS), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), and Fair Isaac (FICO).
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Commvault Systems received 155 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote while only 62.56% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
MicroStrategy currently has a consensus target price of $2,017.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.12%. Commvault Systems has a consensus target price of $124.29, indicating a potential downside of 0.25%. Given MicroStrategy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MicroStrategy is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
In the previous week, MicroStrategy had 11 more articles in the media than Commvault Systems. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for MicroStrategy and 11 mentions for Commvault Systems. Commvault Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat MicroStrategy's score of 0.64 indicating that Commvault Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MicroStrategy has a beta of 3.11, suggesting that its share price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Commvault Systems has a net margin of 20.13% compared to MicroStrategy's net margin of -17.40%. Commvault Systems' return on equity of 31.27% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.
MicroStrategy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Commvault Systems. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commvault Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Commvault Systems beats MicroStrategy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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