ADSK vs. PLTR, EA, ANSS, MSTR, TYL, CDNS, SSNC, TRMB, MANH, and DOCU
Should you be buying Autodesk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autodesk include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Electronic Arts (EA), ANSYS (ANSS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Trimble (TRMB), Manhattan Associates (MANH), and DocuSign (DOCU).
Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) and Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
90.2% of Autodesk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Autodesk shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Autodesk has a net margin of 16.48% compared to Palantir Technologies' net margin of 12.79%. Autodesk's return on equity of 75.01% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.
Autodesk currently has a consensus target price of $274.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.17%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus target price of $20.65, suggesting a potential downside of 5.08%. Given Autodesk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Autodesk is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.
Autodesk has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.76, meaning that its stock price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Autodesk received 1138 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote while only 44.91% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.
Autodesk has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. Autodesk is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 27 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 22 mentions for Autodesk. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Autodesk's score of 0.21 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Autodesk beats Palantir Technologies on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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