HCP vs. ELP, CYBR, XP, AZPN, DOX, PRFT, EPAM, DAVA, SQM, and VIV
Should you be buying HashiCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HashiCorp include Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), CyberArk Software (CYBR), XP (XP), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Amdocs (DOX), Perficient (PRFT), EPAM Systems (EPAM), Endava (DAVA), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), and Telefônica Brasil (VIV).
HashiCorp (NASDAQ:HCP) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
HashiCorp has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has higher revenue and earnings than HashiCorp.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a net margin of 10.17% compared to HashiCorp's net margin of -32.70%. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity of 8.72% beat HashiCorp's return on equity.
HashiCorp presently has a consensus target price of $30.77, indicating a potential downside of 6.87%. Given HashiCorp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HashiCorp is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.
HashiCorp received 352 more outperform votes than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote while only 52.64% of users gave HashiCorp an outperform vote.
87.8% of HashiCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.1% of HashiCorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, HashiCorp had 2 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for HashiCorp and 5 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. HashiCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's score of 0.43 indicating that HashiCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
HashiCorp beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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