BSY vs. TRMB, PLAN, DBX, BILL, APPN, NTES, SNOW, PLTR, ADSK, and TEAM
Should you be buying Bentley Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bentley Systems include Trimble (TRMB), Anaplan (PLAN), Dropbox (DBX), BILL (BILL), Appian (APPN), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Autodesk (ADSK), and Atlassian (TEAM).
Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Bentley Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trimble. Bentley Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trimble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trimble received 498 more outperform votes than Bentley Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.35% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 62.64% of users gave Bentley Systems an outperform vote.
Bentley Systems has a net margin of 28.09% compared to Trimble's net margin of 6.25%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 32.62% beat Trimble's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bentley Systems had 4 more articles in the media than Trimble. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Bentley Systems and 5 mentions for Trimble. Trimble's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Bentley Systems' score of 1.02 indicating that Trimble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bentley Systems presently has a consensus target price of $61.29, suggesting a potential upside of 21.99%. Trimble has a consensus target price of $66.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.73%. Given Bentley Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Bentley Systems is more favorable than Trimble.
Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.2% of Bentley Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of Bentley Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bentley Systems beats Trimble on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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