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$73.87 +1.10 (+1.51%)
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PSN vs. HUBS, GDDY, CHKP, ZM, PINS, IOT, DUOL, PTC, NTNX, and CYBR

Should you be buying Parsons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parsons include HubSpot (HUBS), GoDaddy (GDDY), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Zoom Communications (ZM), Pinterest (PINS), Samsara (IOT), Duolingo (DUOL), PTC (PTC), Nutanix (NTNX), and CyberArk Software (CYBR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Parsons vs. Its Competitors

HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) and Parsons (NYSE:PSN) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

HubSpot presently has a consensus target price of $766.71, suggesting a potential upside of 40.58%. Parsons has a consensus target price of $86.80, suggesting a potential upside of 17.50%. Given HubSpot's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HubSpot is more favorable than Parsons.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HubSpot
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Parsons
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

90.4% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Parsons shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of HubSpot shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Parsons shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Parsons has a net margin of 3.86% compared to HubSpot's net margin of -0.85%. Parsons' return on equity of 13.01% beat HubSpot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HubSpot-0.85% 0.14% 0.07%
Parsons 3.86%13.01%5.91%

HubSpot has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parsons has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Parsons had 18 more articles in the media than HubSpot. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Parsons and 16 mentions for HubSpot. HubSpot's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Parsons' score of 0.27 indicating that HubSpot is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HubSpot
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Parsons
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Parsons has higher revenue and earnings than HubSpot. HubSpot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HubSpot$2.63B10.95$4.63M-$0.45-1,211.96
Parsons$6.75B1.17$235.05M$2.3731.17

Summary

Parsons beats HubSpot on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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PSN vs. The Competition

MetricParsonsTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.78B$2.38B$13.08B$20.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.34%2.58%3.77%
P/E Ratio31.1731.1228.3627.85
Price / Sales1.1735.5439.2637.49
Price / Cash18.7939.2125.1421.91
Price / Book3.095.736.174.55
Net Income$235.05M$32.32M$187.50M$984.95M
7 Day Performance3.70%3.51%2.01%2.31%
1 Month Performance9.07%6.86%3.91%4.85%
1 Year Performance-8.43%49.51%33.71%13.81%

Parsons Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSN
Parsons
2.8174 of 5 stars
$73.87
+1.5%
$86.80
+17.5%
-7.6%$7.78B$6.75B31.1719,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HUBS
HubSpot
4.9419 of 5 stars
$535.89
+0.3%
$766.71
+43.1%
-6.6%$28.26B$2.63B-1,190.878,246Positive News
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.71 of 5 stars
$176.95
+1.2%
$214.86
+21.4%
+22.6%$25.21B$4.57B34.035,518Positive News
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.4999 of 5 stars
$223.37
+2.4%
$232.44
+4.1%
+30.8%$24.57B$2.57B29.476,669Positive News
ZM
Zoom Communications
4.6476 of 5 stars
$77.27
-0.9%
$87.00
+12.6%
+33.0%$23.38B$4.70B23.207,412Positive News
PINS
Pinterest
4.2568 of 5 stars
$34.03
-0.6%
$40.42
+18.8%
-17.3%$23.08B$3.76B12.424,666Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
IOT
Samsara
2.8646 of 5 stars
$39.26
+0.2%
$50.00
+27.4%
+8.2%$22.35B$1.25B-178.453,500Insider Trade
DUOL
Duolingo
3.4983 of 5 stars
$448.54
-4.9%
$441.29
-1.6%
+104.8%$20.39B$748.02M220.96600
PTC
PTC
3.8553 of 5 stars
$166.46
-0.3%
$188.69
+13.4%
-5.2%$19.97B$2.30B45.737,501
NTNX
Nutanix
4.7131 of 5 stars
$73.28
+0.7%
$90.38
+23.3%
+26.2%$19.64B$2.15B-261.717,150Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
CYBR
CyberArk Software
2.0302 of 5 stars
$397.06
+3.7%
$416.79
+5.0%
+43.3%$19.63B$1.00B-213.471,205Positive News

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