WK vs. VERX, CWAN, FRSH, CVLT, FROG, BLKB, VRNS, SQSP, ACIW, and BOX
Should you be buying Workiva stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workiva include Vertex (VERX), Clearwater Analytics (CWAN), Freshworks (FRSH), Commvault Systems (CVLT), JFrog (FROG), Blackbaud (BLKB), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Squarespace (SQSP), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), and BOX (BOX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Workiva (NYSE:WK) and Vertex (NASDAQ:VERX) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
92.2% of Workiva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.1% of Vertex shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Workiva shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 45.0% of Vertex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Workiva has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vertex has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vertex has a net margin of -2.29% compared to Workiva's net margin of -14.20%. Vertex's return on equity of 16.15% beat Workiva's return on equity.
Workiva received 363 more outperform votes than Vertex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Vertex an outperform vote.
Vertex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Workiva. Vertex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workiva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Workiva currently has a consensus price target of $111.86, indicating a potential upside of 36.20%. Vertex has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. Given Workiva's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Workiva is more favorable than Vertex.
In the previous week, Workiva had 14 more articles in the media than Vertex. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Workiva and 10 mentions for Vertex. Workiva's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Vertex's score of 0.60 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Workiva beats Vertex on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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