Workday (WDAY) Competitors

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) 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 media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDAY or CRM?

Salesforce received 1815 more outperform votes than Workday when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.25% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Workday	Outperform Votes 1451 65.24%	Underperform Votes 773 34.76%
Salesforce	Outperform Votes 3266 82.25%	Underperform Votes 705 17.75%

Is WDAY or CRM more profitable?

Workday has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 15.96%. Salesforce's return on equity of 12.34% beat Workday's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Workday	19.86%	6.13%	3.13%
Salesforce	15.96%	12.34%	7.65%

Which has more volatility and risk, WDAY or CRM?

Workday has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to WDAY or CRM?

In the previous week, Salesforce had 49 more articles in the media than Workday. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for Salesforce and 49 mentions for Workday. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Workday's score of 1.10 indicating that Salesforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Workday	31 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Salesforce	73 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WDAY or CRM?

89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are held by institutional investors. 19.3% of Workday shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Salesforce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate WDAY or CRM?

Workday currently has a consensus price target of $293.62, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Salesforce has a consensus price target of $351.59, suggesting a potential upside of 24.52%. Given Salesforce's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Salesforce is more favorable than Workday.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Workday	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
Salesforce	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	32 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WDAY or CRM?

Salesforce has higher revenue and earnings than Workday. Salesforce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workday, 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
Workday	$8.45B	8.46	$1.38B	$1.96	137.01
Salesforce	$37.90B	7.16	$4.14B	$6.36	44.39

Summary

Salesforce beats Workday on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.