U vs. MSTR, ANSS, TTWO, NET, MDB, PTC, MBLY, TYL, RBLX, and NTNX
Should you be buying Unity Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Software include MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Cloudflare (NET), MongoDB (MDB), PTC (PTC), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Roblox (RBLX), and Nutanix (NTNX). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Unity Software (NYSE:U) and MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, MicroStrategy had 2 more articles in the media than Unity Software. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for MicroStrategy and 23 mentions for Unity Software. MicroStrategy's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Unity Software's score of 0.33 indicating that MicroStrategy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unity Software presently has a consensus target price of $35.38, indicating a potential upside of 93.66%. MicroStrategy has a consensus target price of $1,793.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.61%. Given Unity Software's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Unity Software is more favorable than MicroStrategy.
MicroStrategy received 315 more outperform votes than Unity Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.21% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Unity Software an outperform vote.
73.5% of Unity Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Unity Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are held 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.
MicroStrategy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Unity Software. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unity Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Unity Software has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MicroStrategy has a beta of 3, suggesting that its stock price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MicroStrategy has a net margin of -17.40% compared to Unity Software's net margin of -40.11%. Unity Software's return on equity of -7.73% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.
Summary
MicroStrategy beats Unity Software on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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