ANSS vs. TTWO, MSTR, TYL, SSNC, MANH, ADSK, GWRE, INFA, CDNS, and SNPS
Should you be buying ANSYS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ANSYS include Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Autodesk (ADSK), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), and Synopsys (SNPS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) and Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.
ANSYS has a net margin of 19.51% compared to Take-Two Interactive Software's net margin of -69.99%. ANSYS's return on equity of 10.45% beat Take-Two Interactive Software's return on equity.
ANSYS currently has a consensus price target of $320.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. Take-Two Interactive Software has a consensus price target of $176.32, suggesting a potential upside of 19.26%. Given Take-Two Interactive Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Take-Two Interactive Software is more favorable than ANSYS.
ANSYS has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Take-Two Interactive Software has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Take-Two Interactive Software received 550 more outperform votes than ANSYS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.04% of users gave Take-Two Interactive Software an outperform vote while only 55.05% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Take-Two Interactive Software had 50 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Take-Two Interactive Software and 8 mentions for ANSYS. ANSYS's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Take-Two Interactive Software's score of 0.30 indicating that ANSYS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.4% of ANSYS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Take-Two Interactive Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ANSYS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Take-Two Interactive Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ANSYS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Take-Two Interactive Software. Take-Two Interactive Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANSYS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ANSYS and Take-Two Interactive Software tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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