AI vs. QLYS, CVLT, PRGS, MSFT, ORCL, NOW, FTNT, AXON, MNDY, and PATH
Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), monday.com (MNDY), and UiPath (PATH).
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Qualys has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qualys received 146 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.84% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote while only 51.47% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 33 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for C3.ai and 8 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat C3.ai's score of 0.37 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -95.21%. Qualys' return on equity of 47.28% beat C3.ai's return on equity.
C3.ai presently has a consensus target price of $31.30, indicating a potential upside of 9.56%. Qualys has a consensus target price of $162.23, indicating a potential upside of 16.29%. Given Qualys' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Qualys is more favorable than C3.ai.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are held by institutional investors. 34.0% of C3.ai shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Qualys shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Qualys beats C3.ai on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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