PATH vs. ANSS, NET, TTWO, HUBS, RBLX, TYL, PTC, CHKP, MDB, and MBLY
Should you be buying UiPath stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UiPath include ANSYS (ANSS), Cloudflare (NET), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), HubSpot (HUBS), Roblox (RBLX), Tyler Technologies (TYL), PTC (PTC), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), MongoDB (MDB), and Mobileye Global (MBLY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
UiPath (NYSE:PATH) and ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
In the previous week, UiPath had 21 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for UiPath and 15 mentions for ANSYS. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat UiPath's score of 0.18 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ANSYS has higher revenue and earnings than UiPath. UiPath is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANSYS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UiPath has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ANSYS has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ANSYS has a net margin of 19.51% compared to UiPath's net margin of -6.41%. ANSYS's return on equity of 10.45% beat UiPath's return on equity.
UiPath currently has a consensus target price of $18.06, indicating a potential upside of 45.87%. ANSYS has a consensus target price of $320.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.96%. Given UiPath's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe UiPath is more favorable than ANSYS.
62.5% of UiPath shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of ANSYS shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of UiPath shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ANSYS 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.
ANSYS received 282 more outperform votes than UiPath when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.39% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote while only 43.05% of users gave UiPath an outperform vote.
Summary
ANSYS beats UiPath on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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