Workday (WDAY) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer WDAY or FTNT?

Workday presently has a consensus target price of $223.44, indicating a potential upside of 4.22%. Fortinet has a consensus target price of $72.30, indicating a potential upside of 6.21%. Given Fortinet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fortinet is more favorable than Workday.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Workday	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.66
Fortinet	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WDAY or FTNT?

Workday received 105 more outperform votes than Fortinet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.78% of users gave Fortinet an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Workday	Outperform Votes 1330 65.52%	Underperform Votes 700 34.48%
Fortinet	Outperform Votes 1225 68.78%	Underperform Votes 556 31.22%

Does the media refer more to WDAY or FTNT?

In the previous week, Workday had 29 more articles in the media than Fortinet. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Workday and 7 mentions for Fortinet. Fortinet's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Workday's score of 0.51 indicating that Fortinet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Workday	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fortinet	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WDAY or FTNT?

Workday has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortinet has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WDAY or FTNT more profitable?

Fortinet has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Workday's net margin of -4.09%. Workday's return on equity of -0.44% beat Fortinet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Workday	-4.09%	-0.44%	-0.19%
Fortinet	20.46%	-282.54%	15.18%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WDAY or FTNT?

Fortinet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Workday. Workday is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortinet, 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	$6.22 billion	8.93	-$366.75 million	-$1.03	-208.16
Fortinet	$4.42 billion	12.10	$857.30 million	$1.21	56.26

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

67.0% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.4% of Fortinet shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of Workday shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of Fortinet 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.

Summary

Fortinet beats Workday on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.