CWAN vs. FRSH, FROG, WK, BLKB, VERX, CVLT, ACIW, BOX, QTWO, and BL
Should you be buying Clearwater Analytics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Analytics include Freshworks (FRSH), JFrog (FROG), Workiva (WK), Blackbaud (BLKB), Vertex (VERX), Commvault Systems (CVLT), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), BOX (BOX), Q2 (QTWO), and BlackLine (BL). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Freshworks (NASDAQ:FRSH) and Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
75.6% of Freshworks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Freshworks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Freshworks received 13 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 39.25% of users gave Freshworks an outperform vote while only 36.25% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Freshworks had 13 more articles in the media than Clearwater Analytics. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Freshworks and 10 mentions for Clearwater Analytics. Freshworks' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Clearwater Analytics' score of 0.34 indicating that Clearwater Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Freshworks presently has a consensus price target of $22.59, indicating a potential upside of 64.76%. Clearwater Analytics has a consensus price target of $21.70, indicating a potential upside of 18.71%. Given Clearwater Analytics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Freshworks is more favorable than Clearwater Analytics.
Freshworks has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clearwater Analytics has a net margin of -3.90% compared to Clearwater Analytics' net margin of -18.93%. Freshworks' return on equity of 1.25% beat Clearwater Analytics' return on equity.
Clearwater Analytics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freshworks. Clearwater Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshworks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Freshworks beats Clearwater Analytics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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