YOU vs. GEN, NTNX, RBRK, U, BSY, OKTA, TWLO, NBIS, DOCU, and DT
Should you be buying CLEAR Secure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CLEAR Secure include Gen Digital (GEN), Nutanix (NTNX), Rubrik (RBRK), Unity Software (U), Bentley Systems (BSY), Okta (OKTA), Twilio (TWLO), Nebius Group (NBIS), Docusign (DOCU), and Dynatrace (DT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
CLEAR Secure vs. Its Competitors
CLEAR Secure (NYSE:YOU) and Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) are both computer software companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
73.8% of CLEAR Secure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Gen Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 39.7% of CLEAR Secure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Gen Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CLEAR Secure presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 11.62%. Gen Digital has a consensus target price of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.26%. Given Gen Digital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gen Digital is more favorable than CLEAR Secure.
CLEAR Secure pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Gen Digital pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. CLEAR Secure pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gen Digital pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CLEAR Secure has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
CLEAR Secure has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Gen Digital's net margin of 14.12%. CLEAR Secure's return on equity of 122.69% beat Gen Digital's return on equity.
Gen Digital has higher revenue and earnings than CLEAR Secure. CLEAR Secure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gen Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CLEAR Secure has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gen Digital has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Gen Digital had 28 more articles in the media than CLEAR Secure. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Gen Digital and 5 mentions for CLEAR Secure. CLEAR Secure's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Gen Digital's score of 0.97 indicating that CLEAR Secure is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CLEAR Secure beats Gen Digital on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:YOU) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
