Workday (WDAY) Competitors

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Do analysts rate INTU or WDAY?

Intuit presently has a consensus target price of $717.53, indicating a potential upside of 14.35%. Workday has a consensus target price of $292.86, indicating a potential upside of 19.53%. Given Workday's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Workday is more favorable than Intuit.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intuit	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Workday	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Does the media prefer INTU or WDAY?

In the previous week, Intuit had 33 more articles in the media than Workday. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Intuit and 39 mentions for Workday. Workday's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Intuit's score of 0.84 indicating that Workday is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Intuit	41 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Workday	20 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, INTU or WDAY?

Intuit has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workday has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, INTU or WDAY?

Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Workday. Intuit 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
Intuit	$17.17B	10.22	$2.96B	$10.72	58.53
Workday	$8.45B	7.72	$1.38B	$1.96	125.00

Is INTU or WDAY more profitable?

Workday has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Intuit's net margin of 17.59%. Intuit's return on equity of 18.25% beat Workday's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intuit	17.59%	18.25%	10.42%
Workday	19.86%	6.13%	3.13%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in INTU or WDAY?

83.7% of Intuit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Intuit shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Workday shares are held by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INTU or WDAY?

Workday received 332 more outperform votes than Intuit when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.78% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intuit	Outperform Votes 1117 68.78%	Underperform Votes 507 31.22%
Workday	Outperform Votes 1449 65.24%	Underperform Votes 772 34.76%

Summary

Intuit beats Workday on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.