ADSK vs. PLTR, EA, ANSS, TYL, MSTR, CDNS, SSNC, TRMB, MANH, and DOCU
Should you be buying Autodesk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autodesk include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Electronic Arts (EA), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Trimble (TRMB), Manhattan Associates (MANH), and DocuSign (DOCU).
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) and Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Autodesk shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Autodesk shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Autodesk has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. Autodesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $18.35, suggesting a potential downside of 18.64%. Autodesk has a consensus target price of $274.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.82%. Given Palantir Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Autodesk is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 36 mentions for Autodesk. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.09 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Autodesk received 1139 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote while only 46.25% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Autodesk has a net margin of 16.48% compared to Autodesk's net margin of 9.43%. Palantir Technologies' return on equity of 75.01% beat Autodesk's return on equity.
Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.76, meaning that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autodesk has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Autodesk beats Palantir Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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