PAYC vs. CYBR, DAY, GWRE, CDAY, PCTY, U, TWLO, APPF, MNDY, and INFA
Should you be buying Paycom Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paycom Software include CyberArk Software (CYBR), Dayforce (DAY), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), Paylocity (PCTY), Unity Software (U), Twilio (TWLO), AppFolio (APPF), monday.com (MNDY), and Informatica (INFA). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than CyberArk Software. CyberArk Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycom Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paycom Software presently has a consensus target price of $246.31, indicating a potential upside of 35.13%. CyberArk Software has a consensus target price of $265.63, indicating a potential upside of 7.83%. Given Paycom Software's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than CyberArk Software.
In the previous week, CyberArk Software had 3 more articles in the media than Paycom Software. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for CyberArk Software and 7 mentions for Paycom Software. Paycom Software's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat CyberArk Software's score of 0.90 indicating that Paycom Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paycom Software has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CyberArk Software has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CyberArk Software received 143 more outperform votes than Paycom Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.55% of users gave CyberArk Software an outperform vote while only 65.15% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote.
Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.91% compared to CyberArk Software's net margin of -3.20%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 32.84% beat CyberArk Software's return on equity.
87.8% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CyberArk Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of Paycom Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CyberArk Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Paycom Software beats CyberArk Software on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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