INFA vs. GWRE, MANH, BLKB, SSNC, ACIW, TYL, MSTR, ANSS, CDAY, and DAY
Should you be buying Informatica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Informatica include Guidewire Software (GWRE), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Blackbaud (BLKB), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), and Dayforce (DAY). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
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 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.
98.5% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Informatica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informatica has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Informatica had 26 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Informatica and 6 mentions for Guidewire Software. Informatica's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Guidewire Software's score of 0.20 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Guidewire Software has a net margin of -5.48% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of -7.85%. Guidewire Software's return on equity of 4.29% beat Informatica'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 Guidewire Software's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Summary
Guidewire Software and Informatica tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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