INFA vs. GWRE, MANH, BLKB, SSNC, ACIW, TYL, MSTR, ANSS, CDAY, and DAY
Should you be buying Informatica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Informatica include Guidewire Software (GWRE), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Blackbaud (BLKB), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), and Dayforce (DAY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Informatica (NYSE:INFA) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Informatica had 33 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Informatica and 5 mentions for Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Informatica's score of 0.20 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Guidewire Software received 85 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
Informatica has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guidewire Software has a net margin of -5.48% compared to Informatica's net margin of -7.85%. Informatica's return on equity of 4.29% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.
Informatica presently has a consensus target price of $35.45, indicating a potential upside of 11.14%. Guidewire Software has a consensus target price of $115.11, indicating a potential upside of 1.36%. Given Informatica's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
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.
98.5% of Informatica 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
Informatica and Guidewire Software tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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