GWRE vs. WDAY, ADSK, FICO, ANSS, TYL, SSNC, FDS, AZPN, MANH, and PEGA
Should you be buying Guidewire Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guidewire Software include Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Manhattan Associates (MANH), and Pegasystems (PEGA). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Guidewire Software vs.
Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) and Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Guidewire Software presently has a consensus target price of $207.42, suggesting a potential downside of 0.43%. Workday has a consensus target price of $293.62, suggesting a potential upside of 8.30%. Given Workday's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Workday is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
In the previous week, Workday had 29 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Workday and 22 mentions for Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Workday's score of 1.10 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Guidewire Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.3% of Workday shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Workday received 999 more outperform votes than Guidewire Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.41% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.
Workday has higher revenue and earnings than Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workday, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workday has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Workday has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of 2.91%. Workday's return on equity of 6.13% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.
Summary
Workday beats Guidewire Software on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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