AI vs. CVLT, QLYS, PRGS, MSFT, ORCL, NOW, FTNT, AXON, MANH, and DT
Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Manhattan Associates (MANH), and Dynatrace (DT).
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Commvault Systems has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commvault Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Commvault Systems has a net margin of 20.13% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -93.36%. Commvault Systems' return on equity of 31.27% beat C3.ai's return on equity.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by company 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.
C3.ai presently has a consensus target price of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Commvault Systems has a consensus target price of $124.29, indicating a potential downside of 0.25%. Given C3.ai's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Commvault Systems.
Commvault Systems received 192 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 11 more articles in the media than Commvault Systems. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for C3.ai and 11 mentions for Commvault Systems. Commvault Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat C3.ai's score of 0.51 indicating that Commvault Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Commvault Systems beats C3.ai on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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