WKME vs. PWSC, ZETA, ACIW, ZI, BRZE, BLKB, QTWO, WK, FRSH, and BOX
Should you be buying WalkMe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WalkMe include PowerSchool (PWSC), Zeta Global (ZETA), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Braze (BRZE), Blackbaud (BLKB), Q2 (QTWO), Workiva (WK), Freshworks (FRSH), and BOX (BOX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
PowerSchool (NYSE:PWSC) and WalkMe (NASDAQ:WKME) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
PowerSchool has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WalkMe has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PowerSchool has a net margin of -5.37% compared to PowerSchool's net margin of -14.52%. WalkMe's return on equity of 6.13% beat PowerSchool's return on equity.
PowerSchool received 21 more outperform votes than WalkMe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.00% of users gave PowerSchool an outperform vote while only 41.77% of users gave WalkMe an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PowerSchool and PowerSchool both had 6 articles in the media. PowerSchool's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat WalkMe's score of 0.40 indicating that WalkMe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PowerSchool has higher revenue and earnings than WalkMe. PowerSchool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WalkMe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.3% of PowerSchool shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of WalkMe shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of PowerSchool shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.6% of WalkMe shares are held 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.
PowerSchool currently has a consensus price target of $24.52, suggesting a potential upside of 8.63%. WalkMe has a consensus price target of $12.86, suggesting a potential downside of 7.30%. Given WalkMe's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PowerSchool is more favorable than WalkMe.
Summary
PowerSchool beats WalkMe on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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