GWRE vs. INFA, MANH, BLKB, ACIW, SSNC, TYL, MSTR, ANSS, PCTY, and U
Should you be buying Guidewire Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guidewire Software include Informatica (INFA), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Paylocity (PCTY), and Unity Software (U). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Informatica (NYSE:INFA) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Informatica has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Informatica has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Informatica's net margin of -5.48%. Guidewire Software's return on equity of 5.31% beat Informatica's return on equity.
Guidewire Software received 85 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Guidewire Software had 7 more articles in the media than Informatica. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Guidewire Software and 1 mentions for Informatica. Guidewire Software's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Informatica's score of 0.91 indicating that Informatica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Guidewire Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Informatica. Informatica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guidewire Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.5% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of Informatica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Informatica currently has a consensus price target of $35.45, indicating a potential upside of 15.90%. Guidewire Software has a consensus price target of $115.11, indicating a potential downside of 7.68%. Given Guidewire Software's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Summary
Informatica and Guidewire Software tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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