HubSpot (HUBS) Competitors

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HUBS or CRWD?

HubSpot received 303 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.94% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 70.97% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HubSpot	Outperform Votes 924 76.94%	Underperform Votes 277 23.06%
CrowdStrike	Outperform Votes 621 70.97%	Underperform Votes 254 29.03%

Which has more risk & volatility, HUBS or CRWD?

HubSpot has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HUBS or CRWD?

HubSpot currently has a consensus price target of $766.71, suggesting a potential upside of 37.50%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $453.17, suggesting a potential downside of 5.75%. Given HubSpot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe HubSpot is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HubSpot	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
CrowdStrike	2 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	28 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HUBS or CRWD?

90.4% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of HubSpot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of CrowdStrike 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.

Does the media refer more to HUBS or CRWD?

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 55 more articles in the media than HubSpot. MarketBeat recorded 85 mentions for CrowdStrike and 30 mentions for HubSpot. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat HubSpot's score of 0.77 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HubSpot	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CrowdStrike	53 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HUBS or CRWD?

CrowdStrike has higher revenue and earnings than HubSpot. HubSpot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HubSpot	$2.72B	10.79	$4.63M	-$0.45	-1,239.18
CrowdStrike	$4.14B	28.82	$89.33M	-$0.69	-696.83

Is HUBS or CRWD more profitable?

CrowdStrike has a net margin of 3.39% compared to HubSpot's net margin of 0.17%. CrowdStrike's return on equity of 7.11% beat HubSpot's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HubSpot	0.17%	-0.07%	-0.04%
CrowdStrike	3.39%	7.11%	2.72%

Summary

HubSpot beats CrowdStrike on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.