CrowdStrike (CRWD) Competitors

Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CDNS or CRWD?

84.9% of Cadence Design Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cadence Design Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held 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.

Is CDNS or CRWD more profitable?

Cadence Design Systems has a net margin of 25.68% compared to Cadence Design Systems' net margin of 2.92%. CrowdStrike's return on equity of 32.44% beat Cadence Design Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cadence Design Systems	25.68%	32.44%	19.18%
CrowdStrike	2.92%	6.09%	2.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CDNS or CRWD?

Cadence Design Systems received 122 more outperform votes than CrowdStrike when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.18% of users gave Cadence Design Systems an outperform vote while only 67.58% of users gave CrowdStrike an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cadence Design Systems	Outperform Votes 568 71.18%	Underperform Votes 230 28.82%
CrowdStrike	Outperform Votes 446 67.58%	Underperform Votes 214 32.42%

Does the media refer more to CDNS or CRWD?

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 10 more articles in the media than Cadence Design Systems. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for CrowdStrike and 25 mentions for Cadence Design Systems. Cadence Design Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat CrowdStrike's score of 0.47 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cadence Design Systems	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CrowdStrike	18 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CDNS or CRWD?

Cadence Design Systems has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. Cadence Design Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cadence Design Systems	$4.09B	19.22	$1.04B	$3.84	75.21
CrowdStrike	$3.06B	27.38	$89.33M	$0.36	960.94

Do analysts prefer CDNS or CRWD?

Cadence Design Systems currently has a consensus target price of $326.11, suggesting a potential upside of 12.92%. CrowdStrike has a consensus target price of $371.87, suggesting a potential upside of 7.50%. Given CrowdStrike's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cadence Design Systems is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cadence Design Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
CrowdStrike	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	37 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.97

Which has more volatility & risk, CDNS or CRWD?

Cadence Design Systems has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cadence Design Systems beats CrowdStrike on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.