PLTR vs. DOCU, GEN, PATH, BKI, PCOR, YMM, CFLT, DUOL, SPSC, and ESTC
Should you be buying Palantir Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palantir Technologies include DocuSign (DOCU), Gen Digital (GEN), UiPath (PATH), Black Knight (BKI), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Full Truck Alliance (YMM), Confluent (CFLT), Duolingo (DUOL), SPS Commerce (SPSC), and Elastic (ESTC). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Palantir Technologies vs.
DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) and Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
DocuSign has a net margin of -3.87% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of -19.61%. DocuSign's return on equity of -8.07% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
DocuSign has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. DocuSign is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DocuSign has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.87, meaning that its stock price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DocuSign presently has a consensus target price of $62.93, indicating a potential upside of 11.20%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus target price of $9.64, indicating a potential upside of 17.45%. Given Palantir Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Palantir Technologies is more favorable than DocuSign.
76.2% of DocuSign shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of DocuSign shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned 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.
DocuSign received 341 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave DocuSign an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DocuSign had 2 more articles in the media than Palantir Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DocuSign and 12 mentions for Palantir Technologies. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat DocuSign's score of 0.44 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
DocuSign beats Palantir Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLTR 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.
Palantir Technologies Competitors List
