GDDY vs. IOT, JKHY, CACI, OTEX, SAIC, CHKP, TER, ZM, UMC, and ERIC
Should you be buying GoDaddy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GoDaddy include Samsara (IOT), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), CACI International (CACI), Open Text (OTEX), Science Applications International (SAIC), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Teradyne (TER), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), United Microelectronics (UMC), and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) and Samsara (NYSE:IOT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
90.3% of GoDaddy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Samsara shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of GoDaddy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 66.1% of Samsara shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GoDaddy has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Samsara has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GoDaddy had 44 more articles in the media than Samsara. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for GoDaddy and 11 mentions for Samsara. GoDaddy's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Samsara's score of 0.41 indicating that GoDaddy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GoDaddy presently has a consensus price target of $142.73, suggesting a potential upside of 8.62%. Samsara has a consensus price target of $32.60, suggesting a potential downside of 15.13%. Given GoDaddy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe GoDaddy is more favorable than Samsara.
GoDaddy has higher revenue and earnings than Samsara. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GoDaddy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GoDaddy has a net margin of 40.38% compared to Samsara's net margin of -30.59%. Samsara's return on equity of -22.90% beat GoDaddy's return on equity.
GoDaddy received 859 more outperform votes than Samsara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.04% of users gave GoDaddy an outperform vote while only 38.57% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.
Summary
GoDaddy beats Samsara on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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