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The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch — but also because he can sell
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Dozens of animals taken from Virginia roadside zoo as part of investigation
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
[Investor Alert] Potential Breakthrough Medical Tech Investment Opportunity (Ad)
At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way
All the trading advice you’ve ever received boils down to this (Ad)
The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28
AP PHOTOS: Moscow hosts a fashion forum with designers from Brazil, China, India and South Africa
S&P 500   4,604.37
DOW   36,247.87
QQQ   392.17
The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch — but also because he can sell
New CBOE “special perk” helps traders target income every weekend (Ad)
Dozens of animals taken from Virginia roadside zoo as part of investigation
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
[Investor Alert] Potential Breakthrough Medical Tech Investment Opportunity (Ad)
At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way
All the trading advice you’ve ever received boils down to this (Ad)
The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28
AP PHOTOS: Moscow hosts a fashion forum with designers from Brazil, China, India and South Africa
S&P 500   4,604.37
DOW   36,247.87
QQQ   392.17
The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch — but also because he can sell
New CBOE “special perk” helps traders target income every weekend (Ad)
Dozens of animals taken from Virginia roadside zoo as part of investigation
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
[Investor Alert] Potential Breakthrough Medical Tech Investment Opportunity (Ad)
At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way
All the trading advice you’ve ever received boils down to this (Ad)
The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28
AP PHOTOS: Moscow hosts a fashion forum with designers from Brazil, China, India and South Africa

Woodward (WWD) Competitors

$133.55
+0.02 (+0.01%)
(As of 12/8/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$132.44
$134.55
50-Day Range
$119.47
$138.56
52-Week Range
$88.30
$139.25
Volume
322,072 shs
Average Volume
432,650 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.02 billion
P/E Ratio
35.42
Dividend Yield
0.66%
Price Target
$136.11

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.

Woodward vs.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GitLab-79.11% -19.66% -12.69%
Woodward 7.97%12.76%6.49%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GitLabOutperform Votes
47
41.96%
Underperform Votes
65
58.04%
WoodwardOutperform Votes
340
58.72%
Underperform Votes
239
41.28%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GitLab$424.34M21.58-$172.31M-$2.78-21.29
Woodward$2.91B2.75$232.37M$3.7735.42

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GitLab
25 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Woodward
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GitLab
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Woodward
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Summary

Woodward beats GitLab on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WWD vs. The Competition

MetricWoodwardElectrical industrial apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.02B$1.40B$16.35B$6.79B
Dividend Yield0.66%0.66%2.85%4.55%
P/E Ratio35.4232.36226.1313.76
Price / Sales2.758.99512.39109.11
Price / Cash21.33131.2129.09128.58
Price / Book3.902.219.034.66
Net Income$232.37M-$46.86M$482.85M$177.29M
7 Day Performance-1.43%-0.68%0.10%0.77%
1 Month Performance-1.12%11.81%5.77%9.26%
1 Year Performance43.73%-13.33%16.65%8.11%

Woodward Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GTLB
GitLab
2.0364 of 5 stars
$58.99
+11.4%
$58.21
-1.3%
+27.7%$8.19B$502.35M-46.452,170Earnings Report
Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WCC
WESCO International
2.4548 of 5 stars
$159.25
-2.1%
$189.86
+19.2%
+32.7%$8.13B$22.47B10.6220,000
MNDY
monday.com
2.1569 of 5 stars
$182.72
+0.3%
$193.69
+6.0%
+59.4%$8.04B$677.05M-537.401,549Analyst Report
News Coverage
OLED
Universal Display
2.444 of 5 stars
$175.92
-0.6%
$168.10
-4.4%
+51.8%$8.33B$616.62M40.82443Positive News
CYBR
CyberArk Software
1.7396 of 5 stars
$203.90
-0.2%
$196.73
-3.5%
+48.0%$8.37B$591.71M-86.402,768
GWRE
Guidewire Software
1.9241 of 5 stars
$102.19
+2.1%
$98.36
-3.7%
+55.5%$8.37B$905.34M-75.703,415Analyst Report
News Coverage
LSCC
Lattice Semiconductor
2.6131 of 5 stars
$60.71
-1.4%
$87.25
+43.7%
-12.1%$8.38B$660.36M40.21949News Coverage
MSTR
MicroStrategy
1.5201 of 5 stars
$577.50
+2.5%
$444.00
-23.1%
+194.9%$8.39B$499.26M447.672,152Analyst Report
Insider Selling
PCTY
Paylocity
3.1882 of 5 stars
$152.39
-3.4%
$225.75
+48.1%
-24.8%$8.56B$1.17B59.306,100Positive News
TIMB
TIM
2.3363 of 5 stars
$17.85
+1.8%
$16.50
-7.6%
+52.6%$8.64B$23.38B18.999,406Dividend Announcement
Analyst Report
News Coverage

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