PTC vs. MSTR, CHKP, TYL, MDB, OKTA, BSY, SSNC, NTNX, ANSS, and MANH
Should you be buying PTC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PTC include MicroStrategy (MSTR), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MongoDB (MDB), Okta (OKTA), Bentley Systems (BSY), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Nutanix (NTNX), ANSYS (ANSS), and Manhattan Associates (MANH). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
MicroStrategy has a beta of 2.89, meaning that its stock price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PTC has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MicroStrategy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PTC. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MicroStrategy currently has a consensus price target of $1,733.75, suggesting a potential upside of 35.20%. PTC has a consensus price target of $202.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.83%. Given PTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MicroStrategy is more favorable than PTC.
In the previous week, MicroStrategy had 17 more articles in the media than PTC. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for MicroStrategy and 20 mentions for PTC. PTC's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat MicroStrategy's score of -0.05 indicating that MicroStrategy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PTC received 218 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.98% of users gave PTC an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of PTC shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of PTC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MicroStrategy has a net margin of 86.47% compared to MicroStrategy's net margin of 10.86%. PTC's return on equity of 42.81% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.
Summary
MicroStrategy beats PTC on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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