ANSS vs. SPLK, TTWO, MSTR, TYL, SSNC, MANH, ADSK, GWRE, INFA, and CDNS
Should you be buying ANSYS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ANSYS include Splunk (SPLK), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Autodesk (ADSK), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), and Cadence Design Systems (CDNS).
Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK) and ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, ANSYS had 7 more articles in the media than Splunk. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ANSYS and 3 mentions for Splunk. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Splunk's score of 0.66 indicating that Splunk is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Splunk received 1380 more outperform votes than ANSYS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.65% of users gave Splunk an outperform vote while only 55.35% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.
Splunk has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, ANSYS has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ANSYS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Splunk. ANSYS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Splunk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ANSYS has a net margin of 22.05% compared to ANSYS's net margin of 6.26%. ANSYS's return on equity of 32,117.42% beat Splunk's return on equity.
Splunk currently has a consensus price target of $135.31, suggesting a potential downside of 13.76%. ANSYS has a consensus price target of $320.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.12%. Given Splunk's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ANSYS is more favorable than Splunk.
87.6% of Splunk shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of ANSYS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Splunk shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ANSYS shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
ANSYS beats Splunk on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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