HubSpot (HUBS) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate HUBS or CRWD?

HubSpot currently has a consensus price target of $782.63, suggesting a potential upside of 25.27%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $400.76, suggesting a potential downside of 7.21%. Given HubSpot's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
CrowdStrike	2 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	30 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HUBS or CRWD?

CrowdStrike has higher revenue and earnings than HubSpot. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HubSpot, 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	$2.63B	12.40	$4.63M	$0.09	6,941.56
CrowdStrike	$3.95B	27.08	$89.33M	-$0.08	-5,398.50

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HUBS or CRWD?

HubSpot received 320 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.81% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 70.78% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HubSpot	Outperform Votes 911 76.81%	Underperform Votes 275 23.19%
CrowdStrike	Outperform Votes 591 70.78%	Underperform Votes 244 29.22%

Which has more risk & volatility, HUBS or CRWD?

HubSpot has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HUBS or CRWD?

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 19 more articles in the media than HubSpot. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for CrowdStrike and 25 mentions for HubSpot. HubSpot's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat CrowdStrike's score of 0.82 indicating that HubSpot is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HubSpot	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CrowdStrike	24 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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