NOW vs. ORCL, FTNT, AXON, QLYS, CVLT, AI, PRGS, MSFT, CRM, and SAP
Should you be buying ServiceNow stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServiceNow include Oracle (ORCL), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), and SAP (SAP).
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Oracle received 758 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.63% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 70.06% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Oracle had 7 more articles in the media than ServiceNow. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Oracle and 23 mentions for ServiceNow. ServiceNow's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Oracle's score of 0.76 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oracle has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.4% of Oracle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. 42.8% of Oracle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Oracle presently has a consensus price target of $130.76, suggesting a potential upside of 3.85%. ServiceNow has a consensus price target of $814.48, suggesting a potential upside of 16.55%. Given Oracle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Oracle.
ServiceNow has a net margin of 20.34% compared to ServiceNow's net margin of 20.27%. ServiceNow's return on equity of 336.11% beat Oracle's return on equity.
Oracle has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oracle and ServiceNow tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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