GWRE vs. INFA, BLKB, ACIW, SSNC, MANH, TYL, SPLK, MSTR, ANSS, and PCTY
Should you be buying Guidewire Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guidewire Software include Informatica (INFA), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Splunk (SPLK), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), and Paylocity (PCTY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Informatica (NYSE:INFA) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Guidewire Software has a net margin of -5.48% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of -7.85%. Guidewire Software's return on equity of 4.29% beat Informatica's return on equity.
Guidewire Software received 89 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
Informatica currently has a consensus price target of $31.63, indicating a potential downside of 9.25%. Guidewire Software has a consensus price target of $115.11, indicating a potential upside of 1.38%. Given Informatica's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guidewire Software is more favorable than Informatica.
Guidewire Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Informatica. Guidewire Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informatica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Informatica had 6 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Informatica and 4 mentions for Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Informatica's score of 0.48 indicating that Informatica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Informatica has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
38.8% of Informatica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Guidewire Software shares are held by institutional investors. 53.9% of Informatica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Guidewire Software beats Informatica on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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