WWD vs. GWRE, PCTY, MNDY, DAY, U, ONTO, OTEX, BWXT, GTLB, and CACI
Should you be buying Woodward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodward include Guidewire Software (GWRE), Paylocity (PCTY), monday.com (MNDY), Dayforce (DAY), Unity Software (U), Onto Innovation (ONTO), Open Text (OTEX), BWX Technologies (BWXT), GitLab (GTLB), and CACI International (CACI). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Guidewire Software and Guidewire Software both had 11 articles in the media. Woodward's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Guidewire Software's score of 0.27 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Woodward has higher revenue and earnings than Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodward, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guidewire Software currently has a consensus price target of $115.11, indicating a potential upside of 1.44%. Woodward has a consensus price target of $158.22, indicating a potential upside of 6.25%. Given Guidewire Software's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Woodward is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Woodward has a net margin of 9.50% compared to Woodward's net margin of -5.48%. Guidewire Software's return on equity of 15.26% beat Woodward's return on equity.
81.2% of Woodward shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Woodward shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guidewire Software received 57 more outperform votes than Woodward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
Summary
Woodward beats Guidewire Software on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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