NLOK vs. DT, ESTC, CDAY, GWRE, PCTY, APPN, PTC, API, CIDM, and BTX
Should you be buying NortonLifeLock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NortonLifeLock include Dynatrace (DT), Elastic (ESTC), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Paylocity (PCTY), Appian (APPN), PTC (PTC), Agora (API), Cinedigm (CIDM), and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics (BTX).
NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ:NLOK) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) are both large-cap information companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
94.9% of NortonLifeLock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Dynatrace shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of NortonLifeLock shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dynatrace has a net margin of 14.44% compared to NortonLifeLock's net margin of 0.00%. Dynatrace's return on equity of 11.92% beat NortonLifeLock's return on equity.
NortonLifeLock has higher revenue and earnings than Dynatrace. NortonLifeLock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NortonLifeLock has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dynatrace has a consensus target price of $61.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.01%. Given Dynatrace's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dynatrace is more favorable than NortonLifeLock.
In the previous week, Dynatrace had 10 more articles in the media than NortonLifeLock. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Dynatrace and 1 mentions for NortonLifeLock. Dynatrace's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat NortonLifeLock's score of 0.00 indicating that Dynatrace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dynatrace received 162 more outperform votes than NortonLifeLock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NortonLifeLock an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote.
Summary
Dynatrace beats NortonLifeLock on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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