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NYSE:U

Unity Software (U) Competitors

$31.24
+0.24 (+0.77%)
(As of 10:22 AM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$30.94
$31.62
50-Day Range
$24.82
$32.46
52-Week Range
$21.22
$58.63
Volume
2.24 million shs
Average Volume
9.39 million shs
Market Capitalization
$11.83 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$40.06

U vs. DBX, NATI, MNDY, CDAY, PCTY, NTNX, ZI, GWRE, DSGX, and SMAR

Should you be buying Unity Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Software include Dropbox (DBX), National Instruments (NATI), monday.com (MNDY), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Paylocity (PCTY), Nutanix (NTNX), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Guidewire Software (GWRE), The Descartes Systems Group (DSGX), and Smartsheet (SMAR). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Unity Software vs.

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

82.5% of Unity Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Dropbox shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Unity Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.8% of Dropbox shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dropbox has a net margin of 22.86% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -63.42%. Unity Software's return on equity of -23.63% beat Dropbox's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Unity Software -63.42% -23.63% -10.80%
Dropbox 22.86% -68.16% 10.66%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unity Software$1.57 billion7.47-$921.06 million-$3.02-10.26
Dropbox$2.32 billion3.56$553.20 million$1.5315.48

Unity Software has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dropbox has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Unity Software had 10 more articles in the media than Dropbox. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Unity Software and 6 mentions for Dropbox. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Unity Software's score of -0.14 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unity Software
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Dropbox
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Unity Software currently has a consensus target price of $40.06, indicating a potential upside of 29.23%. Dropbox has a consensus target price of $26.86, indicating a potential upside of 13.42%. Given Unity Software's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Unity Software is more favorable than Dropbox.

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
Dropbox
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Dropbox received 283 more outperform votes than Unity Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.90% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 54.03% of users gave Unity Software an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Unity SoftwareOutperform Votes
67
54.03%
Underperform Votes
57
45.97%
DropboxOutperform Votes
350
68.90%
Underperform Votes
158
31.10%

Summary

Dropbox beats Unity Software 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 U and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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U vs. The Competition

MetricUnity SoftwarePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.74B$18.56B$15.90B$14.83B
Dividend YieldN/A1.97%4.87%3.98%
P/E Ratio-10.2649.02360.7721.23
Price / Sales7.476.58832.378.00
Price / CashN/A65.1629.1323.58
Price / Book3.3928.8518.149.18
Net Income-$921.06M$270.08M$528.80M$897.06M
7 Day Performance12.12%2.84%1.56%2.54%
1 Month Performance24.90%11.23%7.03%3.93%
1 Year Performance-25.77%-5.98%-4.36%-7.86%

Unity Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DBX
Dropbox
2.2746 of 5 stars
$22.69
-0.5%
$26.86
+18.4%
+3.8%$7.93B$2.32B14.833,118
NATI
National Instruments
2.1579 of 5 stars
$57.80
-0.1%
$52.57
-9.0%
+64.2%$7.60B$1.71B47.777,000
MNDY
monday.com
1.4049 of 5 stars
$167.20
flat
$174.06
+4.1%
+50.7%$7.38B$519.03M-89.891,549Positive News
CDAY
Ceridian HCM
1.9166 of 5 stars
$61.74
-1.2%
$78.79
+27.6%
+17.6%$9.45B$1.25B-257.258,526Positive News
PCTY
Paylocity
2.871 of 5 stars
$172.13
-0.3%
$267.86
+55.6%
-0.5%$9.61B$852.65M81.585,300Insider Selling
NTNX
Nutanix
2.1831 of 5 stars
$29.29
-0.6%
$33.75
+15.2%
+86.7%$6.74B$1.58B0.006,450
ZI
ZoomInfo Technologies
2.848 of 5 stars
$24.73
+5.3%
$34.70
+40.3%
-35.9%$9.95B$1.10B98.923,540Gap Up
GWRE
Guidewire Software
2.2845 of 5 stars
$81.63
+0.5%
$83.09
+1.8%
-11.3%$6.66B$812.61M-40.823,376Analyst Report
Positive News
DSGX
The Descartes Systems Group
1.7745 of 5 stars
$77.77
+0.9%
$78.78
+1.3%
+22.4%$6.61B$486.01M65.352,083Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
SMAR
Smartsheet
1.9457 of 5 stars
$48.08
+0.5%
$49.06
+2.0%
+27.7%$6.37B$766.92M-28.793,191Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up

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