ASAN vs. NCNO, BL, QTWO, SVFCX, TDC, PYCR, BOX, ACIW, AI, and BLKB
Should you be buying Asana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asana include nCino (NCNO), BlackLine (BL), Q2 (QTWO), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Teradata (TDC), Paycor HCM (PYCR), BOX (BOX), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), C3.ai (AI), and Blackbaud (BLKB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Asana (NYSE:ASAN) and nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
nCino has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Asana. nCino is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Asana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, nCino had 3 more articles in the media than Asana. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for nCino and 2 mentions for Asana. nCino's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Asana's score of 0.53 indicating that nCino is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Asana presently has a consensus price target of $20.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.97%. nCino has a consensus price target of $35.91, indicating a potential upside of 12.25%. Given Asana's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Asana is more favorable than nCino.
Asana received 10 more outperform votes than nCino when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 49.58% of users gave nCino an outperform vote while only 43.40% of users gave Asana an outperform vote.
nCino has a net margin of -8.89% compared to Asana's net margin of -39.39%. nCino's return on equity of 0.31% beat Asana's return on equity.
Asana has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, nCino has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.2% of Asana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of nCino shares are held by institutional investors. 64.0% of Asana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.2% of nCino 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.
Summary
nCino beats Asana on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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