nCino (NCNO) Competitors

nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO) and Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend NCNO or PCTY?

nCino presently has a consensus target price of $30.40, suggesting a potential upside of 32.93%. Paylocity has a consensus target price of $226.12, suggesting a potential upside of 16.46%. Given nCino's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe nCino is more favorable than Paylocity.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
nCino	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41
Paylocity	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has more risk and volatility, NCNO or PCTY?

nCino has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paylocity has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NCNO or PCTY?

In the previous week, Paylocity had 14 more articles in the media than nCino. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Paylocity and 17 mentions for nCino. nCino's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Paylocity's score of 1.25 indicating that nCino is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
nCino	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Paylocity	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NCNO or PCTY?

Paylocity has higher revenue and earnings than nCino. nCino is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paylocity, 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
nCino	$540.66M	4.93	-$42.35M	-$0.34	-67.26
Paylocity	$1.50B	7.24	$206.77M	$3.90	49.78

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NCNO or PCTY?

94.8% of nCino shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Paylocity shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.4% of nCino shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Paylocity shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NCNO or PCTY more profitable?

Paylocity has a net margin of 14.76% compared to nCino's net margin of -3.46%. Paylocity's return on equity of 22.45% beat nCino's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
nCino	-3.46%	1.62%	1.22%
Paylocity	14.76%	22.45%	5.35%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NCNO or PCTY?

Paylocity received 486 more outperform votes than nCino when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.92% of users gave Paylocity an outperform vote while only 52.33% of users gave nCino an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
nCino	Outperform Votes 90 52.33%	Underperform Votes 82 47.67%
Paylocity	Outperform Votes 576 67.92%	Underperform Votes 272 32.08%

Summary

Paylocity beats nCino on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.