IOT vs. GDDY, JKHY, OTEX, CACI, SAIC, SNAP, TYL, VRSN, JBL, and ERIC
Should you be buying Samsara stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Samsara include GoDaddy (GDDY), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Open Text (OTEX), CACI International (CACI), Science Applications International (SAIC), Snap (SNAP), Tyler Technologies (TYL), VeriSign (VRSN), Jabil (JBL), and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) and Samsara (NYSE:IOT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.
GoDaddy has higher revenue and earnings than Samsara. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GoDaddy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GoDaddy has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samsara has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GoDaddy has a net margin of 32.74% compared to GoDaddy's net margin of -30.59%. GoDaddy's return on equity of -22.90% beat Samsara's return on equity.
GoDaddy presently has a consensus price target of $135.18, suggesting a potential upside of 11.33%. Samsara has a consensus price target of $31.56, suggesting a potential upside of 3.70%. Given Samsara's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GoDaddy is more favorable than Samsara.
In the previous week, Samsara had 3 more articles in the media than GoDaddy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Samsara and 13 mentions for GoDaddy. Samsara's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat GoDaddy's score of 0.51 indicating that GoDaddy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.3% of GoDaddy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Samsara shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of GoDaddy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 66.1% of Samsara shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GoDaddy received 856 more outperform votes than Samsara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.18% of users gave GoDaddy an outperform vote while only 37.68% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.
Summary
GoDaddy beats Samsara on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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