BSY vs. SSNC, NTNX, OKTA, NICE, DT, TRMB, MANH, CHKP, TWLO, and TYL
Should you be buying Bentley Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bentley Systems include SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Nutanix (NTNX), Okta (OKTA), NICE (NICE), Dynatrace (DT), Trimble (TRMB), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Twilio (TWLO), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Bentley Systems has a net margin of 26.60% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 11.46%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 33.87% beat SS&C Technologies' return on equity.
44.2% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bentley Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. SS&C Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Bentley Systems pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SS&C Technologies pays out 38.2% 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.
Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Bentley Systems had 16 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Bentley Systems and 7 mentions for SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Bentley Systems' score of 0.79 indicating that SS&C Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SS&C Technologies received 630 more outperform votes than Bentley Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.16% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.64% of users gave Bentley Systems an outperform vote.
SS&C Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Bentley Systems. SS&C Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bentley Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bentley Systems presently has a consensus price target of $59.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus price target of $70.20, indicating a potential upside of 11.43%. Given SS&C Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Bentley Systems.
Summary
Bentley Systems and SS&C Technologies tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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