FDS vs. WDAY, ADSK, FICO, MSTR, ANSS, TYL, SSNC, MANH, GWRE, and AZPN
Should you be buying FactSet Research Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FactSet Research Systems include Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), and Aspen Technology (AZPN). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) and FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Workday presently has a consensus price target of $281.44, indicating a potential upside of 23.10%. FactSet Research Systems has a consensus price target of $432.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.97%. Given FactSet Research Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Workday is more favorable than FactSet Research Systems.
Workday has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FactSet Research Systems has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Workday shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of FactSet Research Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Workday has higher revenue and earnings than FactSet Research Systems. FactSet Research Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workday, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Workday received 1096 more outperform votes than FactSet Research Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.13% of users gave Workday an outperform vote while only 42.68% of users gave FactSet Research Systems an outperform vote.
FactSet Research Systems has a net margin of 23.56% compared to FactSet Research Systems' net margin of 19.66%. Workday's return on equity of 34.48% beat FactSet Research Systems' return on equity.
In the previous week, Workday had 5 more articles in the media than FactSet Research Systems. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Workday and 15 mentions for FactSet Research Systems. FactSet Research Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Workday's score of 0.51 indicating that Workday is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Workday beats FactSet Research Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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