ADBE vs. INTU, CRM, SNPS, CDNS, NOW, ORCL, SHOP, CRWD, NTES, and CSCO
Should you be buying Adobe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adobe include Intuit (INTU), Salesforce (CRM), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), ServiceNow (NOW), Oracle (ORCL), Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), and Cisco Systems (CSCO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Adobe received 557 more outperform votes than Intuit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 68.63% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote.
Adobe has a net margin of 24.08% compared to Adobe's net margin of 18.35%. Intuit's return on equity of 39.12% beat Adobe's return on equity.
Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than Intuit. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Intuit has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.7% of Intuit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Intuit shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Adobe had 26 more articles in the media than Intuit. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Adobe and 25 mentions for Intuit. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Intuit's score of 0.48 indicating that Intuit is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Intuit presently has a consensus price target of $650.23, suggesting a potential upside of 2.15%. Adobe has a consensus price target of $620.72, suggesting a potential upside of 29.98%. Given Intuit's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than Intuit.
Summary
Adobe beats Intuit on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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