HUBS vs. VEEV, NET, ANSS, MDB, DDOG, MSTR, PTC, ADSK, CHKP, and TYL
Should you be buying HubSpot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HubSpot include Veeva Systems (VEEV), Cloudflare (NET), ANSYS (ANSS), MongoDB (MDB), Datadog (DDOG), MicroStrategy (MSTR), PTC (PTC), Autodesk (ADSK), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) and HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) 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 media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HubSpot has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, HubSpot had 3 more articles in the media than Veeva Systems. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for HubSpot and 14 mentions for Veeva Systems. HubSpot's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Veeva Systems' score of 0.55 indicating that Veeva Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Veeva Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of HubSpot shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Veeva Systems has a net margin of 22.24% compared to Veeva Systems' net margin of -8.12%. HubSpot's return on equity of 11.26% beat Veeva Systems' return on equity.
HubSpot received 131 more outperform votes than Veeva Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.71% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 69.83% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote.
Veeva Systems currently has a consensus price target of $234.90, indicating a potential upside of 16.92%. HubSpot has a consensus price target of $642.36, indicating a potential upside of 1.75%. Given HubSpot's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Veeva Systems is more favorable than HubSpot.
Veeva Systems has higher revenue and earnings than HubSpot. HubSpot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veeva Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Veeva Systems beats HubSpot on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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