CRM vs. ADBE, INTU, SNPS, CDNS, ORCL, NOW, SHOP, CRWD, AMD, and CSCO
Should you be buying Salesforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salesforce include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Cisco Systems (CSCO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
80.4% of Salesforce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Salesforce shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are held by company 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.
Adobe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Salesforce. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salesforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Adobe has a net margin of 24.08% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 11.87%. Adobe's return on equity of 39.12% beat Salesforce's return on equity.
Salesforce presently has a consensus target price of $310.61, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Adobe has a consensus target price of $620.72, suggesting a potential upside of 31.11%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Salesforce.
Salesforce received 1530 more outperform votes than Adobe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.77% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 70.80% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.
Salesforce has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Salesforce had 29 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 81 mentions for Salesforce and 52 mentions for Adobe. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Salesforce's score of 0.26 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Salesforce and Adobe tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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