GDDY vs. OTEX, JKHY, IOT, CACI, SAIC, LSCC, FLEX, JBL, DOX, and AZPN
Should you be buying GoDaddy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GoDaddy include Open Text (OTEX), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Samsara (IOT), CACI International (CACI), Science Applications International (SAIC), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Flex (FLEX), Jabil (JBL), Amdocs (DOX), and Aspen Technology (AZPN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
GoDaddy vs.
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) and Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
GoDaddy has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Open Text has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Open Text has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GoDaddy. GoDaddy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Open Text, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, GoDaddy had 7 more articles in the media than Open Text. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for GoDaddy and 4 mentions for Open Text. Open Text's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat GoDaddy's score of 0.63 indicating that Open Text is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GoDaddy presently has a consensus target price of $93.10, suggesting a potential upside of 28.68%. Open Text has a consensus target price of $45.14, suggesting a potential upside of 8.28%. Given GoDaddy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe GoDaddy is more favorable than Open Text.
97.3% of GoDaddy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of Open Text shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of GoDaddy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Open Text shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GoDaddy received 299 more outperform votes than Open Text when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.47% of users gave GoDaddy an outperform vote while only 68.32% of users gave Open Text an outperform vote.
GoDaddy has a net margin of 8.03% compared to Open Text's net margin of 7.73%. Open Text's return on equity of 19.13% beat GoDaddy's return on equity.
Summary
GoDaddy beats Open Text on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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