PD vs. SWI, ALKT, PRGS, FSLY, EVCM, SPNS, SEMR, INTA, SOUN, and DCBO
Should you be buying PagerDuty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PagerDuty include SolarWinds (SWI), Alkami Technology (ALKT), Progress Software (PRGS), Fastly (FSLY), EverCommerce (EVCM), Sapiens International (SPNS), Semrush (SEMR), Intapp (INTA), SoundHound AI (SOUN), and Docebo (DCBO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) and SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
PagerDuty has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SolarWinds has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SolarWinds had 1 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for SolarWinds and 4 mentions for PagerDuty. PagerDuty's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat SolarWinds' score of 0.84 indicating that PagerDuty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SolarWinds has a net margin of -1.20% compared to PagerDuty's net margin of -18.98%. SolarWinds' return on equity of 5.08% beat PagerDuty's return on equity.
PagerDuty currently has a consensus price target of $27.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.15%. SolarWinds has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.80%. Given PagerDuty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe PagerDuty is more favorable than SolarWinds.
97.3% of PagerDuty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of SolarWinds shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of PagerDuty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of SolarWinds shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SolarWinds received 218 more outperform votes than PagerDuty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.67% of users gave SolarWinds an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave PagerDuty an outperform vote.
SolarWinds has higher revenue and earnings than PagerDuty. SolarWinds is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PagerDuty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
SolarWinds beats PagerDuty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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