SSNC vs. CHKP, PAYC, COUP, MDB, WDAY, ADSK, FICO, MSTR, ANSS, and TYL
Should you be buying SS&C Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SS&C Technologies include Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Paycom Software (PAYC), Coupa Software (COUP), MongoDB (MDB), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) and SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Check Point Software Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $169.18, indicating a potential upside of 12.41%. SS&C Technologies has a consensus price target of $70.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.13%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Check Point Software Technologies.
Check Point Software Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SS&C Technologies. Check Point Software Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SS&C Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Check Point Software Technologies received 213 more outperform votes than SS&C Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.16% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.55% of users gave Check Point Software Technologies an outperform vote.
87.6% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 34.33% compared to Check Point Software Technologies' net margin of 11.46%. SS&C Technologies' return on equity of 31.42% beat Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Check Point Software Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies and 8 mentions for SS&C Technologies. Check Point Software Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat SS&C Technologies' score of 1.01 indicating that SS&C Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Check Point Software Technologies beats SS&C Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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