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WK vs. PAYC, BSY, SNAP, MBLY, YMM, TEM, PCTY, NICE, AUR, and TTAN

Should you be buying Workiva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workiva include Paycom Software (PAYC), Bentley Systems (BSY), Snap (SNAP), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Full Truck Alliance (YMM), Tempus AI (TEM), Paylocity (PCTY), NICE (NICE), Aurora Innovation (AUR), and ServiceTitan (TTAN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Workiva vs. Its Competitors

Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and Workiva (NYSE:WK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Paycom Software received 274 more outperform votes than Workiva when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.45% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 63.37% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Paycom SoftwareOutperform Votes
692
63.37%
Underperform Votes
400
36.63%
WorkivaOutperform Votes
418
66.45%
Underperform Votes
211
33.55%

Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.66% compared to Workiva's net margin of -7.15%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 33.53% beat Workiva's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paycom Software26.66% 33.53% 10.76%
Workiva -7.15%N/A -3.58%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Paycom Software$1.91B7.60$502M$7.0135.89
Workiva$769.29M4.92-$127.53M-$1.17-58.04

Paycom Software has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workiva has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Paycom Software presently has a consensus price target of $226.90, suggesting a potential downside of 9.81%. Workiva has a consensus price target of $106.30, suggesting a potential upside of 56.53%. Given Workiva's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Workiva is more favorable than Paycom Software.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paycom Software
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
Workiva
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

87.8% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of Paycom Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Workiva shares are owned by 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, Paycom Software had 13 more articles in the media than Workiva. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Paycom Software and 3 mentions for Workiva. Workiva's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Paycom Software's score of 1.08 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Paycom Software
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Workiva
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Paycom Software beats Workiva on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WK 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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WK vs. The Competition

MetricWorkivaPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.78B$27.44B$26.21B$19.81B
Dividend YieldN/A1.59%2.85%3.84%
P/E Ratio-73.82118.9545.3135.67
Price / Sales4.9216.401,990.1146.74
Price / CashN/A86.0634.7417.52
Price / Book-41.169.657.004.84
Net Income-$127.53M$438.27M$740.66M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.24%0.35%1.83%1.94%
1 Month Performance-3.92%5.88%4.21%3.03%
1 Year Performance-10.47%28.82%52,556.14%9.73%

Workiva Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WK
Workiva
4.7431 of 5 stars
$67.91
-1.1%
$106.30
+56.5%
-7.6%$3.78B$769.29M-73.822,450Positive News
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.5086 of 5 stars
$259.49
+0.2%
$226.90
-12.6%
+75.5%$15.01B$1.91B29.167,306Positive News
BSY
Bentley Systems
4.0273 of 5 stars
$47.64
-0.2%
$52.00
+9.2%
-4.8%$13.90B$1.39B42.925,000Positive News
SNAP
Snap
3.4415 of 5 stars
$8.20
-0.6%
$35.62
+334.3%
-44.9%$13.71B$5.53B-19.535,290
MBLY
Mobileye Global
2.4576 of 5 stars
$15.87
-2.3%
$18.63
+17.4%
-45.7%$12.89B$1.85B-4.153,700Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
YMM
Full Truck Alliance
3.4609 of 5 stars
$11.79
+1.3%
$15.00
+27.3%
+37.4%$12.33B$11.67B28.067,100Positive News
TEM
Tempus AI
1.7138 of 5 stars
$63.47
+15.0%
$63.42
-0.1%
N/A$10.99B$803.32M-8.142,300Trending News
High Trading Volume
PCTY
Paylocity
4.7178 of 5 stars
$190.53
-0.2%
$223.00
+17.0%
+32.1%$10.52B$1.55B48.855,300
NICE
NICE
3.2852 of 5 stars
$165.40
-0.3%
$211.50
+27.9%
+1.9%$10.46B$2.78B24.477,100Trending News
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
AUR
Aurora Innovation
2.2162 of 5 stars
$5.86
-3.3%
$10.75
+83.4%
+145.0%$10.37B$68M-12.471,700Positive News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
TTAN
ServiceTitan
2.5639 of 5 stars
$111.93
+1.1%
$120.86
+8.0%
N/A$10.09B$771.88M0.002,870Positive News
Earnings Report
Options Volume
Lockup Expiration
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:WK) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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