Unity Software (U) Competitors

Unity Software (NYSE:U) and ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is U or ANSS more profitable?

ANSYS has a net margin of 21.30% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -38.52%. ANSYS's return on equity of 11.51% beat Unity Software's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unity Software	-38.52%	-8.78%	-4.00%
ANSYS	21.30%	11.51%	8.65%

Which has more risk and volatility, U or ANSS?

Unity Software has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ANSYS has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in U or ANSS?

73.5% of Unity Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of ANSYS shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Unity Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ANSYS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, U or ANSS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unity Software	$2.19B	3.68	-$822.01M	-$2.24	-9.05
ANSYS	$2.32B	12.10	$500.41M	$4.98	64.72

Does the media prefer U or ANSS?

In the previous week, Unity Software had 22 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Unity Software and 10 mentions for ANSYS. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Unity Software's score of 0.50 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unity Software	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ANSYS	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer U or ANSS?

ANSYS received 316 more outperform votes than Unity Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.82% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote while only 48.95% of users gave Unity Software an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unity Software	Outperform Votes 93 48.95%	Underperform Votes 97 51.05%
ANSYS	Outperform Votes 409 53.82%	Underperform Votes 351 46.18%

Do analysts rate U or ANSS?

Unity Software presently has a consensus target price of $27.46, indicating a potential upside of 35.43%. ANSYS has a consensus target price of $318.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.23%. Given Unity Software's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Unity Software is more favorable than ANSYS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unity Software	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
ANSYS	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Summary

ANSYS beats Unity Software on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.