HCP vs. CYBR, ELP, XP, SQM, VIV, MSTR, TYL, FDS, SSNC, and AZPN
Should you be buying HashiCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HashiCorp include CyberArk Software (CYBR), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), XP (XP), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), and Aspen Technology (AZPN).
CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) and HashiCorp (NASDAQ:HCP) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
CyberArk Software has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HashiCorp has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CyberArk Software had 4 more articles in the media than HashiCorp. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for CyberArk Software and 10 mentions for HashiCorp. CyberArk Software's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat HashiCorp's score of 1.03 indicating that HashiCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CyberArk Software currently has a consensus target price of $267.29, suggesting a potential upside of 16.59%. HashiCorp has a consensus target price of $30.77, suggesting a potential downside of 8.37%. Given HashiCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CyberArk Software is more favorable than HashiCorp.
CyberArk Software received 253 more outperform votes than HashiCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.63% of users gave CyberArk Software an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave HashiCorp an outperform vote.
CyberArk Software has higher revenue and earnings than HashiCorp. CyberArk Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HashiCorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CyberArk Software has a net margin of -3.20% compared to CyberArk Software's net margin of -31.13%. HashiCorp's return on equity of -2.51% beat CyberArk Software's return on equity.
91.8% of CyberArk Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of HashiCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of CyberArk Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of HashiCorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CyberArk Software beats HashiCorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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