QTWO vs. BL, NCNO, BOX, ASAN, ACIW, FROG, BLKB, TDC, FRSH, and SVFCX
Should you be buying Q2 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Q2 include BlackLine (BL), nCino (NCNO), BOX (BOX), Asana (ASAN), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), JFrog (FROG), Blackbaud (BLKB), Teradata (TDC), Freshworks (FRSH), and Smead Value C (SVFCX). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Q2 (NYSE:QTWO) and BlackLine (NASDAQ:BL) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Q2 has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackLine has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackLine has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Q2. Q2 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackLine, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Q2 had 28 more articles in the media than BlackLine. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Q2 and 5 mentions for BlackLine. BlackLine's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Q2's score of 0.09 indicating that BlackLine is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Q2 received 77 more outperform votes than BlackLine when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.37% of users gave Q2 an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave BlackLine an outperform vote.
95.1% of BlackLine shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Q2 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of BlackLine 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.
BlackLine has a net margin of 2.30% compared to Q2's net margin of -12.35%. BlackLine's return on equity of 9.07% beat Q2's return on equity.
Q2 currently has a consensus target price of $55.33, indicating a potential downside of 12.60%. BlackLine has a consensus target price of $64.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.65%. Given BlackLine's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BlackLine is more favorable than Q2.
Summary
BlackLine beats Q2 on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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