WK vs. BLKB, AVT, FIVN, ITRI, DJT, NVEI, VERX, CRUS, CVLT, and SATS
Should you be buying Workiva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workiva include Blackbaud (BLKB), Avnet (AVT), Five9 (FIVN), Itron (ITRI), Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), Nuvei (NVEI), Vertex (VERX), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), and EchoStar (SATS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Workiva (NYSE:WK) and Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Workiva currently has a consensus target price of $111.63, suggesting a potential upside of 38.46%. Blackbaud has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.89%. Given Workiva's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Workiva is more favorable than Blackbaud.
In the previous week, Workiva had 1 more articles in the media than Blackbaud. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Workiva and 7 mentions for Blackbaud. Blackbaud's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Workiva's score of 0.62 indicating that Blackbaud is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Blackbaud has higher revenue and earnings than Workiva. Workiva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackbaud, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blackbaud has a net margin of 0.16% compared to Workiva's net margin of -20.24%. Blackbaud's return on equity of 14.59% beat Workiva's return on equity.
92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Blackbaud shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Workiva shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Blackbaud shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Workiva has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackbaud has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Workiva received 6 more outperform votes than Blackbaud when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.44% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 60.98% of users gave Blackbaud an outperform vote.
Summary
Blackbaud beats Workiva on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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