SNPS vs. CRM, INTU, ADBE, MSTR, CDNS, ADSK, WDAY, FICO, ANSS, and TYL
Should you be buying Synopsys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synopsys include Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Adobe (ADBE), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Autodesk (ADSK), Workday (WDAY), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Synopsys vs. Its Competitors
Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) 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, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Synopsys presently has a consensus target price of $607.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.06%. Salesforce has a consensus target price of $349.08, indicating a potential upside of 29.74%. Given Salesforce's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Salesforce is more favorable than Synopsys.
85.5% of Synopsys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Synopsys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Salesforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Synopsys has a net margin of 34.77% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 16.08%. Synopsys' return on equity of 17.09% beat Salesforce's return on equity.
In the previous week, Salesforce had 49 more articles in the media than Synopsys. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for Salesforce and 33 mentions for Synopsys. Synopsys' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Salesforce's score of 1.23 indicating that Synopsys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Salesforce has higher revenue and earnings than Synopsys. Synopsys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salesforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Synopsys has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Salesforce beats Synopsys on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SNPS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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