SNPS vs. CRWD, PLTR, DDOG, EA, CRM, ADBE, INTU, CDNS, WDAY, and ADSK
Should you be buying Synopsys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synopsys include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Datadog (DDOG), Electronic Arts (EA), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), and Autodesk (ADSK).
Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Synopsys has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Synopsys currently has a consensus price target of $627.18, indicating a potential upside of 14.61%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $359.16, indicating a potential upside of 39.82%. Given CrowdStrike's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CrowdStrike is more favorable than Synopsys.
85.5% of Synopsys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Synopsys shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 188 more articles in the media than Synopsys. MarketBeat recorded 203 mentions for CrowdStrike and 15 mentions for Synopsys. Synopsys' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat CrowdStrike's score of -0.26 indicating that Synopsys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Synopsys has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. Synopsys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Synopsys has a net margin of 23.05% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of 4.01%. Synopsys' return on equity of 22.66% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.
Synopsys received 343 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.29% of users gave Synopsys an outperform vote while only 68.10% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.
Summary
Synopsys beats CrowdStrike on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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