AI vs. QLYS, CVLT, PRGS, NEWR, APPF, TDC, ASAN, WK, TENB, and GTLB
Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), New Relic (NEWR), AppFolio (APPF), Teradata (TDC), Asana (ASAN), Workiva (WK), Tenable (TENB), and GitLab (GTLB). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
C3.ai vs.
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 40 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for C3.ai and 7 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat C3.ai's score of 0.38 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
C3.ai currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential downside of 48.29%. Qualys has a consensus target price of $138.73, indicating a potential upside of 11.30%. Given Qualys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Qualys is more favorable than C3.ai.
Qualys received 134 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.91% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote while only 52.92% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
Qualys has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qualys has a net margin of 22.03% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -98.35%. Qualys' return on equity of 34.13% beat C3.ai's return on equity.
42.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.1% of C3.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Qualys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Qualys beats C3.ai on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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