ORCL vs. NOW, CRM, ADBE, INTU, SHOP, ASML, AMD, CSCO, TMUS, and QCOM
Should you be buying Oracle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oracle include ServiceNow (NOW), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Shopify (SHOP), ASML (ASML), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), T-Mobile US (TMUS), and QUALCOMM (QCOM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Oracle received 762 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.56% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 70.10% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
42.4% of Oracle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. 42.8% of Oracle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ServiceNow has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Oracle's net margin of 20.27%. Oracle's return on equity of 336.11% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.
Oracle has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ServiceNow had 8 more articles in the media than Oracle. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for ServiceNow and 59 mentions for Oracle. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.52 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oracle has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oracle presently has a consensus price target of $130.76, indicating a potential upside of 11.56%. ServiceNow has a consensus price target of $807.28, indicating a potential upside of 11.57%. Given ServiceNow's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Oracle.
Summary
ServiceNow beats Oracle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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