PAYC vs. BIDU, VEEV, PINS, NET, RBLX, SNAP, PTC, MBLY, ZM, and OKTA
Should you be buying Paycom Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paycom Software include Baidu (BIDU), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Pinterest (PINS), Cloudflare (NET), Roblox (RBLX), Snap (SNAP), PTC (PTC), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), and Okta (OKTA). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
87.8% of Paycom Software shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Paycom Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.7% of Baidu shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Paycom Software currently has a consensus price target of $236.38, indicating a potential upside of 45.48%. Baidu has a consensus price target of $149.60, indicating a potential upside of 68.70%. Given Baidu's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Baidu is more favorable than Paycom Software.
In the previous week, Paycom Software had 4 more articles in the media than Baidu. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Paycom Software and 16 mentions for Baidu. Paycom Software's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Baidu's score of 0.40 indicating that Paycom Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Baidu has higher revenue and earnings than Paycom Software. Baidu is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycom Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paycom Software has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baidu has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.91% compared to Baidu's net margin of 14.73%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 32.84% beat Baidu's return on equity.
Baidu received 917 more outperform votes than Paycom Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.98% of users gave Baidu an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote.
Summary
Paycom Software beats Baidu on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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