FICO vs. SNPS, CDNS, WDAY, ADSK, ANSS, MSTR, TYL, FDS, SSNC, and MANH
Should you be buying Fair Isaac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fair Isaac include Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), ANSYS (ANSS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), and Manhattan Associates (MANH). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) and Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Synopsys has higher revenue and earnings than Fair Isaac. Synopsys is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fair Isaac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.5% of Synopsys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Synopsys shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Fair Isaac 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.
Fair Isaac has a net margin of 29.99% compared to Fair Isaac's net margin of 23.05%. Fair Isaac's return on equity of 22.66% beat Synopsys' return on equity.
Synopsys received 478 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.21% of users gave Synopsys an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Synopsys had 5 more articles in the media than Fair Isaac. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Synopsys and 14 mentions for Fair Isaac. Synopsys' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Fair Isaac's score of 0.52 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Synopsys presently has a consensus target price of $616.18, suggesting a potential upside of 9.88%. Fair Isaac has a consensus target price of $1,274.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Fair Isaac's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Synopsys is more favorable than Fair Isaac.
Synopsys has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Synopsys and Fair Isaac tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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