INFA vs. GWRE, MANH, BLKB, ACIW, SSNC, MSTR, TYL, ANSS, MNDY, and U
Should you be buying Informatica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Informatica include Guidewire Software (GWRE), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), ANSYS (ANSS), monday.com (MNDY), 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Informatica currently has a consensus target price of $35.45, indicating a potential upside of 20.10%. Guidewire Software has a consensus target price of $115.11, indicating a potential downside of 6.35%. Given Informatica's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Informatica has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Informatica has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of -5.48%. Informatica's return on equity of 5.31% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.
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. 53.9% of Informatica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are owned 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.
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. Informatica's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Guidewire Software's score of 1.02 indicating that Informatica is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Informatica and Guidewire Software tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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