CYBR vs. CDAY, DAY, U, PAYC, TWLO, MNDY, INFA, GWRE, PCTY, and GTLB
Should you be buying CyberArk Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CyberArk Software include Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Dayforce (DAY), Unity Software (U), Paycom Software (PAYC), Twilio (TWLO), monday.com (MNDY), Informatica (INFA), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Paylocity (PCTY), and GitLab (GTLB). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) and Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, CyberArk Software had 5 more articles in the media than Ceridian HCM. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CyberArk Software and 2 mentions for Ceridian HCM. Ceridian HCM's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat CyberArk Software's score of 0.73 indicating that Ceridian HCM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CyberArk Software has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ceridian HCM has a net margin of 0.28% compared to CyberArk Software's net margin of -3.20%. Ceridian HCM's return on equity of 2.03% beat CyberArk Software's return on equity.
CyberArk Software received 527 more outperform votes than Ceridian HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.53% of users gave CyberArk Software an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave Ceridian HCM an outperform vote.
CyberArk Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ceridian HCM. CyberArk Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.8% of CyberArk Software shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of CyberArk Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CyberArk Software currently has a consensus target price of $265.63, suggesting a potential upside of 13.51%. Ceridian HCM has a consensus target price of $76.80, suggesting a potential upside of 26.52%. Given Ceridian HCM's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ceridian HCM is more favorable than CyberArk Software.
Summary
Ceridian HCM beats CyberArk Software on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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