CWAN vs. WK, CVLT, VERX, VRNS, ZI, FRSH, BLKB, TENB, ACIW, and BOX
Should you be buying Clearwater Analytics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Analytics include Workiva (WK), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Vertex (VERX), Varonis Systems (VRNS), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Freshworks (FRSH), Blackbaud (BLKB), Tenable (TENB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), and BOX (BOX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) and Workiva (NYSE:WK) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Workiva received 364 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 36.25% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.
Clearwater Analytics has a net margin of -3.90% compared to Workiva's net margin of -14.20%. Clearwater Analytics' return on equity of 1.25% beat Workiva's return on equity.
Clearwater Analytics presently has a consensus price target of $21.70, suggesting a potential upside of 11.91%. Workiva has a consensus price target of $111.86, suggesting a potential upside of 31.86%. Given Workiva's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Workiva is more favorable than Clearwater Analytics.
50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Workiva shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Clearwater Analytics had 4 more articles in the media than Workiva. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Clearwater Analytics and 2 mentions for Workiva. Workiva's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Clearwater Analytics' score of 0.94 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workiva has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Clearwater Analytics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Workiva. Clearwater Analytics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workiva, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Workiva beats Clearwater Analytics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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