PTC vs. DT, GWRE, ESTC, PCTY, ADSK, SHOP, PLTR, TTD, SNOW, and BIDU
Should you be buying PTC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PTC include Dynatrace (DT), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Elastic (ESTC), Paylocity (PCTY), Autodesk (ADSK), Shopify (SHOP), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Trade Desk (TTD), Snowflake (SNOW), and Baidu (BIDU).
PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
95.1% of PTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Dynatrace shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of PTC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PTC has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Dynatrace had 4 more articles in the media than PTC. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Dynatrace and 10 mentions for PTC. Dynatrace's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat PTC's score of 0.27 indicating that Dynatrace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PTC received 396 more outperform votes than Dynatrace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.81% of users gave PTC an outperform vote while only 67.07% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote.
PTC currently has a consensus target price of $199.73, indicating a potential upside of 14.92%. Dynatrace has a consensus target price of $60.56, indicating a potential upside of 36.64%. Given Dynatrace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dynatrace is more favorable than PTC.
PTC has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Dynatrace's net margin of 10.81%. PTC's return on equity of 13.76% beat Dynatrace's return on equity.
PTC has higher revenue and earnings than Dynatrace. PTC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PTC beats Dynatrace on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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