S&P 500   4,282.37
DOW   33,762.76
QQQ   354.65
MarketBeat Week in Review – 5/29 - 6/2
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Attorney says West Virginia governor refusing to pay judgment in coal lawsuit
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Russia bans 'unfriendly' countries' journalists from showpiece economic gathering
Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism
S&P 500   4,282.37
DOW   33,762.76
QQQ   354.65
MarketBeat Week in Review – 5/29 - 6/2
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Attorney says West Virginia governor refusing to pay judgment in coal lawsuit
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Russia bans 'unfriendly' countries' journalists from showpiece economic gathering
Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism
S&P 500   4,282.37
DOW   33,762.76
QQQ   354.65
MarketBeat Week in Review – 5/29 - 6/2
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Attorney says West Virginia governor refusing to pay judgment in coal lawsuit
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Russia bans 'unfriendly' countries' journalists from showpiece economic gathering
Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism
S&P 500   4,282.37
DOW   33,762.76
QQQ   354.65
MarketBeat Week in Review – 5/29 - 6/2
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Attorney says West Virginia governor refusing to pay judgment in coal lawsuit
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
15 A.I. Trading Opportunities a Day (Ad)
Russia bans 'unfriendly' countries' journalists from showpiece economic gathering
Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry
Laser breakthrough could send stock soaring 2,467% (Ad)
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism
NYSE:WK

Workiva (WK) Competitors

$98.50
+1.10 (+1.13%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$96.63
$99.00
50-Day Range
$85.76
$102.41
52-Week Range
$59.43
$104.76
Volume
451,429 shs
Average Volume
373,027 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.26 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$100.67

WK vs. APPF, GTLB, AI, NEWR, TDC, ASAN, QLYS, TENB, FRSH, and S

Should you be buying Workiva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workiva include AppFolio (APPF), GitLab (GTLB), C3.ai (AI), New Relic (NEWR), Teradata (TDC), Asana (ASAN), Qualys (QLYS), Tenable (TENB), Freshworks (FRSH), and SentinelOne (S). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Workiva vs.

Workiva (NYSE:WK) and AppFolio (NASDAQ:APPF) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.

AppFolio has a net margin of -17.69% compared to Workiva's net margin of -21.24%. AppFolio's return on equity of -34.11% beat Workiva's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Workiva -21.24% -4,861.53% -14.21%
AppFolio -17.69% -34.11% -23.53%

Workiva has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppFolio has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

82.4% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of AppFolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Workiva shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of AppFolio shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Workiva had 1 more articles in the media than AppFolio. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Workiva and 1 mentions for AppFolio. Workiva's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat AppFolio's score of 0.49 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Workiva
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
AppFolio
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Workiva presently has a consensus target price of $100.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.20%. AppFolio has a consensus target price of $134.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.18%. Given Workiva's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Workiva is more favorable than AppFolio.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Workiva
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
AppFolio
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Workiva$537.88 million9.78-$90.95 million-$2.23-44.17
AppFolio$502.69 million11.29-$68.12 million-$2.53-63.19

Workiva received 122 more outperform votes than AppFolio when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.04% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 55.67% of users gave AppFolio an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WorkivaOutperform Votes
387
66.04%
Underperform Votes
199
33.96%
AppFolioOutperform Votes
265
55.67%
Underperform Votes
211
44.33%

Summary

Workiva beats AppFolio on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

WK vs. The Competition

MetricWorkivaPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.26B$18.49B$15.58B$14.83B
Dividend YieldN/A1.99%4.83%4.08%
P/E Ratio-44.1731.61322.0018.62
Price / Sales9.786.65874.939.05
Price / CashN/A64.3428.4323.06
Price / Book4,925.0028.8517.879.18
Net Income-$90.95M$270.08M$526.39M$897.06M
7 Day Performance4.33%2.84%1.61%2.54%
1 Month Performance12.57%12.01%6.54%2.71%
1 Year Performance34.75%-6.00%-3.98%-7.86%

Workiva Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APPF
AppFolio
1.6754 of 5 stars
$140.49
-1.6%
$134.00
-4.6%
+53.2%$4.99B$471.88M-55.531,785
GTLB
GitLab
2.491 of 5 stars
$35.75
+3.2%
$54.35
+52.0%
-24.9%$5.43B$424.34M-30.562,170Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
AI
C3.ai
2.0588 of 5 stars
$43.85
+33.1%
$20.00
-54.4%
+83.0%$4.92B$252.76M-18.12574Analyst Report
Insider Selling
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
NEWR
New Relic
2.1229 of 5 stars
$69.79
-3.5%
$81.13
+16.3%
+39.9%$4.90B$925.63M-26.142,663High Trading Volume
TDC
Teradata
2.0914 of 5 stars
$47.33
+1.1%
$47.44
+0.2%
+24.6%$4.79B$1.80B131.487,000Positive News
ASAN
Asana
1.4014 of 5 stars
$22.14
+4.2%
$21.84
-1.3%
-7.9%$4.75B$547.21M-10.851,782Earnings Report
Analyst Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
QLYS
Qualys
1.4132 of 5 stars
$122.91
-3.1%
$138.73
+12.9%
-2.9%$4.54B$489.72M42.531,062Analyst Report
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
TENB
Tenable
2.2439 of 5 stars
$39.49
+1.0%
$48.40
+22.6%
-22.8%$4.53B$683.19M-47.581,900
FRSH
Freshworks
1.6563 of 5 stars
$14.85
+1.3%
$17.91
+20.6%
-3.6%$4.32B$498M-19.045,400Insider Selling
S
SentinelOne
2.2474 of 5 stars
$21.12
+2.3%
$21.16
+0.2%
-46.6%$6.10B$422.18M-15.532,100Earnings Report
Analyst Report
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down

Related Companies and Tools

This page (NYSE:WK) was last updated on 6/3/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

My Account -