NLOK vs. DT, ESTC, CDAY, PCTY, GWRE, APPN, PTC, API, BTX, and CIDM
Should you be buying NortonLifeLock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NortonLifeLock include Dynatrace (DT), Elastic (ESTC), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Paylocity (PCTY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Appian (APPN), PTC (PTC), Agora (API), Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics (BTX), and Cinedigm (CIDM).
Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) and NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ:NLOK) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Dynatrace had 14 more articles in the media than NortonLifeLock. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Dynatrace and 1 mentions for NortonLifeLock. NortonLifeLock's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Dynatrace's score of 0.00 indicating that Dynatrace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dynatrace has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NortonLifeLock has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dynatrace currently has a consensus price target of $60.60, suggesting a potential upside of 33.13%. Given NortonLifeLock's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dynatrace is more favorable than NortonLifeLock.
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.
Dynatrace received 164 more outperform votes than NortonLifeLock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NortonLifeLock an outperform vote while only 67.63% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote.
94.3% of Dynatrace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of NortonLifeLock shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of NortonLifeLock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dynatrace has a net margin of 14.44% compared to Dynatrace's net margin of 0.00%. NortonLifeLock's return on equity of 11.92% beat Dynatrace's return on equity.
Summary
Dynatrace beats NortonLifeLock on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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