Paylocity (PCTY) Competitors

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

Is PCTY or INTU more profitable?

Intuit has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Paylocity's net margin of 14.65%. Paylocity's return on equity of 22.90% beat Intuit's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paylocity	14.65%	22.90%	5.53%
Intuit	19.07%	21.46%	11.99%

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

94.8% of Paylocity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Intuit shares are held by institutional investors. 21.9% of Paylocity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Intuit shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, PCTY or INTU?

Paylocity has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuit has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PCTY or INTU?

In the previous week, Intuit had 67 more articles in the media than Paylocity. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for Intuit and 6 mentions for Paylocity. Paylocity's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Intuit's score of 1.09 indicating that Paylocity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paylocity	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intuit	49 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PCTY or INTU?

Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Paylocity. Paylocity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuit, 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
Paylocity	$1.40B	7.05	$206.77M	$4.01	44.67
Intuit	$18.18B	11.45	$2.96B	$12.32	60.57

Do analysts recommend PCTY or INTU?

Paylocity currently has a consensus target price of $224.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.47%. Intuit has a consensus target price of $800.55, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Given Paylocity's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Paylocity is more favorable than Intuit.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paylocity	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Intuit	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Summary

Intuit beats Paylocity on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.