PTC vs. CHKP, SPLK, MDB, TYL, OKTA, MSTR, MANH, ANSS, NTNX, and SSNC
Should you be buying PTC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PTC include Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Splunk (SPLK), MongoDB (MDB), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Okta (OKTA), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Manhattan Associates (MANH), ANSYS (ANSS), Nutanix (NTNX), and SS&C Technologies (SSNC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) and Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
92.2% of PTC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of PTC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PTC currently has a consensus price target of $191.82, indicating a potential upside of 4.44%. Check Point Software Technologies has a consensus price target of $159.70, indicating a potential downside of 4.07%. Given PTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PTC is more favorable than Check Point Software Technologies.
Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 34.80% compared to PTC's net margin of 10.86%. Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity of 30.81% beat PTC's return on equity.
In the previous week, Check Point Software Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than PTC. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies and 12 mentions for PTC. Check Point Software Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat PTC's score of 0.39 indicating that Check Point Software Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Check Point Software Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than PTC. Check Point Software Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Check Point Software Technologies received 287 more outperform votes than PTC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.04% of users gave PTC an outperform vote while only 65.74% of users gave Check Point Software Technologies an outperform vote.
PTC has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Check Point Software Technologies beats PTC on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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