PATH vs. CFLT, GEN, DOCU, PCOR, BKI, YMM, ESTC, DUOL, SPSC, and CXM
Should you be buying UiPath stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UiPath include Confluent (CFLT), Gen Digital (GEN), DocuSign (DOCU), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Black Knight (BKI), Full Truck Alliance (YMM), Elastic (ESTC), Duolingo (DUOL), SPS Commerce (SPSC), and Sprinklr (CXM). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
UiPath vs.
Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) and UiPath (NYSE:PATH) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, UiPath had 3 more articles in the media than Confluent. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for UiPath and 20 mentions for Confluent. UiPath's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Confluent's score of -0.12 indicating that UiPath is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Confluent currently has a consensus target price of $30.30, suggesting a potential downside of 16.71%. UiPath has a consensus target price of $18.64, suggesting a potential upside of 8.55%. Given UiPath's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UiPath is more favorable than Confluent.
Confluent has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UiPath has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UiPath has a net margin of -21.55% compared to Confluent's net margin of -77.61%. UiPath's return on equity of -10.07% beat Confluent's return on equity.
40.7% of Confluent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of UiPath shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of Confluent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.0% of UiPath shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UiPath has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. UiPath is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Confluent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UiPath received 72 more outperform votes than Confluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.03% of users gave UiPath an outperform vote while only 34.82% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote.
Summary
UiPath beats Confluent on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PATH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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