GWRE vs. INFA, BLKB, MANH, ACIW, SSNC, TYL, MSTR, ANSS, PCTY, and MNDY
Should you be buying Guidewire Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guidewire Software include Informatica (INFA), Blackbaud (BLKB), Manhattan Associates (MANH), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Paylocity (PCTY), and monday.com (MNDY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) and Informatica (NYSE:INFA) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
98.5% of Informatica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Informatica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Guidewire Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Informatica. Guidewire Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informatica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informatica has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guidewire Software has a net margin of -5.48% compared to Informatica's net margin of -7.85%. Informatica's return on equity of 4.29% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.
Guidewire Software currently has a consensus target price of $115.11, suggesting a potential upside of 1.37%. Informatica has a consensus target price of $35.45, suggesting a potential upside of 11.14%. Given Informatica's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Guidewire Software received 85 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Informatica had 33 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Informatica and 5 mentions for Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Informatica's score of 0.20 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Guidewire Software and Informatica tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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