Paylocity (PCTY) Competitors

Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) and Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is RBLX or PCTY more profitable?

Paylocity has a net margin of 14.76% compared to Roblox's net margin of -25.97%. Paylocity's return on equity of 22.45% beat Roblox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roblox	-25.97%	-665.98%	-14.02%
Paylocity	14.76%	22.45%	5.35%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RBLX or PCTY?

94.5% of Roblox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Paylocity shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of Roblox shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Paylocity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, RBLX or PCTY?

Roblox has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paylocity has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RBLX or PCTY?

Paylocity received 435 more outperform votes than Roblox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.92% of users gave Paylocity an outperform vote while only 50.36% of users gave Roblox an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Roblox	Outperform Votes 141 50.36%	Underperform Votes 139 49.64%
Paylocity	Outperform Votes 576 67.92%	Underperform Votes 272 32.08%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RBLX or PCTY?

Paylocity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Roblox. Roblox 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
Roblox	$3.60B	11.69	-$935.38M	-$1.45	-46.20
Paylocity	$1.50B	7.16	$206.77M	$3.90	49.26

Does the media favor RBLX or PCTY?

In the previous week, Roblox had 8 more articles in the media than Paylocity. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Roblox and 23 mentions for Paylocity. Paylocity's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Roblox's score of 1.06 indicating that Paylocity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Roblox	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Paylocity	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate RBLX or PCTY?

Roblox currently has a consensus price target of $64.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.72%. Paylocity has a consensus price target of $226.12, suggesting a potential upside of 17.71%. Given Paylocity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paylocity is more favorable than Roblox.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roblox	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Paylocity	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Summary

Paylocity beats Roblox on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.