VEEV vs. DDOG, NET, HUBS, ANSS, MSTR, MDB, SPLK, PTC, SNOW, and CHKP
Should you be buying Veeva Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veeva Systems include Datadog (DDOG), Cloudflare (NET), HubSpot (HUBS), ANSYS (ANSS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), MongoDB (MDB), Splunk (SPLK), PTC (PTC), Snowflake (SNOW), and Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Veeva Systems currently has a consensus target price of $231.90, indicating a potential upside of 1.51%. Datadog has a consensus target price of $128.18, indicating a potential upside of 6.05%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Datadog is more favorable than Veeva Systems.
Veeva Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Datadog. Veeva Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Datadog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veeva Systems has a net margin of 22.24% compared to Datadog's net margin of 2.28%. Veeva Systems' return on equity of 11.59% beat Datadog's return on equity.
Veeva Systems has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Veeva Systems received 441 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.68% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote.
80.1% of Veeva Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.3% of Datadog shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Veeva Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Datadog shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Datadog had 16 more articles in the media than Veeva Systems. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Datadog and 17 mentions for Veeva Systems. Veeva Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Datadog's score of 0.41 indicating that Veeva Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Veeva Systems beats Datadog on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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