QTWO vs. PYCR, SPT, SVFCX, RPD, AI, APPN, NCNO, ASAN, BL, and ACIW
Should you be buying Q2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Q2 include Paycor HCM (PYCR), Sprout Social (SPT), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Rapid7 (RPD), C3.ai (AI), Appian (APPN), nCino (NCNO), Asana (ASAN), BlackLine (BL), and ACI Worldwide (ACIW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Paycor HCM (NASDAQ:PYCR) and Q2 (NYSE:QTWO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
Q2 received 441 more outperform votes than Paycor HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.32% of users gave Q2 an outperform vote while only 33.72% of users gave Paycor HCM an outperform vote.
Q2 has a net margin of -12.35% compared to Q2's net margin of -13.82%. Q2's return on equity of 1.28% beat Paycor HCM's return on equity.
Paycor HCM has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Q2 has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Q2 has higher revenue and earnings than Paycor HCM. Q2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycor HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
36.8% of Paycor HCM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paycor HCM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Q2 shares are owned by company 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.
Paycor HCM currently has a consensus target price of $27.35, suggesting a potential upside of 57.02%. Q2 has a consensus target price of $54.87, suggesting a potential downside of 9.73%. Given Q2's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Paycor HCM is more favorable than Q2.
In the previous week, Q2 had 38 more articles in the media than Paycor HCM. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Q2 and 7 mentions for Paycor HCM. Q2's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Paycor HCM's score of 0.05 indicating that Paycor HCM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Q2 beats Paycor HCM on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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