WWD vs. GTLB, WCC, MNDY, OLED, CYBR, GWRE, LSCC, MSTR, PCTY, and TIMB
Should you be buying Woodward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodward include GitLab (GTLB), WESCO International (WCC), monday.com (MNDY), Universal Display (OLED), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Paylocity (PCTY), and TIM (TIMB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Woodward has a net margin of 7.97% compared to Woodward's net margin of -79.11%. GitLab's return on equity of 12.76% beat Woodward's return on equity.
GitLab has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
54.2% of GitLab shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of Woodward shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of GitLab shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Woodward shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Woodward received 293 more outperform votes than GitLab when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.72% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote while only 41.96% of users gave GitLab an outperform vote.
Woodward has higher revenue and earnings than GitLab. GitLab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, GitLab had 57 more articles in the media than Woodward. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for GitLab and 18 mentions for Woodward. Woodward's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat GitLab's score of 0.32 indicating that GitLab is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GitLab currently has a consensus target price of $61.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.39%. Woodward has a consensus target price of $136.11, indicating a potential upside of 1.92%. Given Woodward's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GitLab is more favorable than Woodward.
Summary
Woodward beats GitLab on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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