PYCR vs. QTWO, SVFCX, NCNO, ASAN, SPT, RPD, ENV, AI, APPN, and BL
Should you be buying Paycor HCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paycor HCM include Q2 (QTWO), Smead Value C (SVFCX), nCino (NCNO), Asana (ASAN), Sprout Social (SPT), Rapid7 (RPD), Envestnet (ENV), C3.ai (AI), Appian (APPN), and BlackLine (BL).
Paycor HCM (NASDAQ:PYCR) and Q2 (NYSE:QTWO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
Q2 has higher revenue and earnings than Paycor HCM. Q2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycor HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Q2 has a net margin of -12.35% compared to Paycor HCM's net margin of -13.82%. Paycor HCM's return on equity of 1.28% beat Q2's return on equity.
36.8% of Paycor HCM shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Paycor HCM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Q2 shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Paycor HCM presently has a consensus target price of $27.35, indicating a potential upside of 56.30%. Q2 has a consensus target price of $55.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.25%. Given Paycor HCM's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Paycor HCM is more favorable than Q2.
In the previous week, Q2 had 39 more articles in the media than Paycor HCM. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Q2 and 9 mentions for Paycor HCM. Paycor HCM's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Q2's score of 0.15 indicating that Paycor HCM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paycor HCM has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Q2 has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Q2 received 442 more outperform votes than Paycor HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.37% of users gave Q2 an outperform vote while only 33.72% of users gave Paycor HCM an outperform vote.
Summary
Q2 beats Paycor HCM on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Paycor HCM News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PYCR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PYCR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Paycor HCM Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
