CFLT vs. FFIV, XM, TOST, NICE, DT, EA, VEEV, HUBS, MSTR, and ANSS
Should you be buying Confluent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Confluent include F5 (FFIV), Qualtrics International (XM), Toast (TOST), NICE (NICE), Dynatrace (DT), Electronic Arts (EA), Veeva Systems (VEEV), HubSpot (HUBS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and ANSYS (ANSS).
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) and Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
F5 has a net margin of 17.91% compared to F5's net margin of -46.73%. Confluent's return on equity of 21.41% beat F5's return on equity.
F5 currently has a consensus target price of $185.10, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. Confluent has a consensus target price of $33.04, suggesting a potential upside of 27.21%. Given F5's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Confluent is more favorable than F5.
90.7% of F5 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Confluent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of F5 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Confluent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, F5 and F5 both had 8 articles in the media. Confluent's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat F5's score of 0.68 indicating that F5 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
F5 has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. Confluent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F5, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
F5 has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Confluent has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
F5 received 1207 more outperform votes than Confluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.26% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 45.25% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote.
Summary
F5 beats Confluent on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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