FSLY vs. WK, BLKB, BOX, FRSH, ACIW, BRZE, QTWO, AI, ZETA, and NCNO
Should you be buying Fastly stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastly include Workiva (WK), Blackbaud (BLKB), BOX (BOX), Freshworks (FRSH), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Braze (BRZE), Q2 (QTWO), C3.ai (AI), Zeta Global (ZETA), and nCino (NCNO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Workiva (NYSE:WK) and Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Workiva has a net margin of -14.20% compared to Workiva's net margin of -25.26%. Fastly's return on equity of 0.00% beat Workiva's return on equity.
92.2% of Workiva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Fastly shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Workiva shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Fastly shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Workiva received 267 more outperform votes than Fastly when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote while only 50.40% of users gave Fastly an outperform vote.
Workiva presently has a consensus price target of $111.86, suggesting a potential upside of 45.33%. Fastly has a consensus price target of $14.61, suggesting a potential upside of 86.37%. Given Workiva's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fastly is more favorable than Workiva.
Workiva has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fastly has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Workiva has higher revenue and earnings than Fastly. Workiva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastly, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Fastly had 21 more articles in the media than Workiva. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Fastly and 8 mentions for Workiva. Fastly's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Workiva's score of 0.06 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Workiva beats Fastly on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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