NICE vs. DT, MANH, SSNC, BSY, OKTA, NTNX, CHKP, TWLO, PAYC, and CYBR
Should you be buying NICE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NICE include Dynatrace (DT), Manhattan Associates (MANH), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Bentley Systems (BSY), Okta (OKTA), Nutanix (NTNX), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Twilio (TWLO), Paycom Software (PAYC), and CyberArk Software (CYBR). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
NICE (NASDAQ:NICE) and Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
NICE has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dynatrace has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NICE had 7 more articles in the media than Dynatrace. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for NICE and 50 mentions for Dynatrace. NICE's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Dynatrace's score of 0.37 indicating that NICE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NICE received 423 more outperform votes than Dynatrace when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.95% of users gave NICE an outperform vote while only 67.58% of users gave Dynatrace an outperform vote.
NICE has higher revenue and earnings than Dynatrace. NICE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NICE currently has a consensus target price of $285.92, suggesting a potential upside of 47.73%. Dynatrace has a consensus target price of $61.54, suggesting a potential upside of 27.95%. Given NICE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NICE is more favorable than Dynatrace.
63.3% of NICE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Dynatrace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of NICE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Dynatrace shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NICE has a net margin of 14.92% compared to Dynatrace's net margin of 10.81%. NICE's return on equity of 14.26% beat Dynatrace's return on equity.
Summary
NICE beats Dynatrace on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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