NortonLifeLock (NLOK) Competitors

NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ:NLOK) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) are both large-cap information companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Is NLOK or DT more profitable?

Dynatrace has a net margin of 14.44% compared to NortonLifeLock's net margin of 0.00%. Dynatrace's return on equity of 11.92% beat NortonLifeLock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NortonLifeLock	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dynatrace	14.44%	11.92%	7.43%

Do analysts prefer NLOK or DT?

Dynatrace has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.41%. Given Dynatrace's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dynatrace is more favorable than NortonLifeLock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NortonLifeLock	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Dynatrace	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media favor NLOK or DT?

In the previous week, Dynatrace had 10 more articles in the media than NortonLifeLock. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Dynatrace and 1 mentions for NortonLifeLock. Dynatrace's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat NortonLifeLock's score of 0.00 indicating that Dynatrace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NortonLifeLock	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dynatrace	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, NLOK or DT?

NortonLifeLock has higher revenue and earnings than Dynatrace. NortonLifeLock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NortonLifeLock	$2.82B	4.05	$817.05M	$1.43	13.96
Dynatrace	$1.16B	11.71	$107.96M	$0.66	69.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NLOK or DT?

Dynatrace received 162 more outperform votes than NortonLifeLock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NortonLifeLock an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NortonLifeLock	Outperform Votes 53 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Dynatrace	Outperform Votes 215 67.61%	Underperform Votes 103 32.39%

Which has more volatility and risk, NLOK or DT?

NortonLifeLock has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NLOK or DT?

94.9% of NortonLifeLock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Dynatrace shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of NortonLifeLock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Dynatrace beats NortonLifeLock on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.