OKTA vs. NTNX, BSY, SSNC, CHKP, NICE, DT, MANH, TYL, PTC, and MSTR
Should you be buying Okta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Okta include Nutanix (NTNX), Bentley Systems (BSY), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), NICE (NICE), Dynatrace (DT), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Tyler Technologies (TYL), PTC (PTC), and MicroStrategy (MSTR). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) and Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) 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 profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Nutanix presently has a consensus target price of $65.69, indicating a potential downside of 0.90%. Okta has a consensus target price of $100.39, indicating a potential upside of 4.00%. Given Nutanix's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Okta is more favorable than Nutanix.
Nutanix has a net margin of -3.84% compared to Nutanix's net margin of -15.69%. Okta's return on equity of 0.00% beat Nutanix's return on equity.
Nutanix has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Okta. Nutanix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Okta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nutanix has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okta has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nutanix received 133 more outperform votes than Okta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.64% of users gave Nutanix an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Okta an outperform vote.
85.3% of Nutanix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Okta shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Nutanix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Okta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Nutanix had 2 more articles in the media than Okta. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nutanix and 9 mentions for Okta. Okta's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Nutanix's score of 0.49 indicating that Nutanix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Nutanix beats Okta on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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