DocuSign (DOCU) Competitors

DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) and UiPath (NYSE:PATH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, DOCU or PATH?

DocuSign has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UiPath has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOCU or PATH?

DocuSign received 287 more outperform votes than UiPath when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.71% of users gave DocuSign an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave UiPath an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DocuSign	Outperform Votes 412 59.71%	Underperform Votes 278 40.29%
UiPath	Outperform Votes 125 45.13%	Underperform Votes 152 54.87%

Do analysts prefer DOCU or PATH?

DocuSign presently has a consensus target price of $60.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.06%. UiPath has a consensus target price of $27.41, suggesting a potential upside of 34.27%. Given UiPath's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe UiPath is more favorable than DocuSign.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DocuSign	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
UiPath	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DOCU or PATH?

DocuSign has higher revenue and earnings than UiPath. UiPath is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DocuSign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DocuSign	$2.76B	4.48	$73.98M	$0.36	167.27
UiPath	$1.31B	8.88	-$89.88M	-$0.17	-120.08

Is DOCU or PATH more profitable?

DocuSign has a net margin of 2.68% compared to UiPath's net margin of -6.87%. DocuSign's return on equity of 13.91% beat UiPath's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DocuSign	2.68%	13.91%	4.04%
UiPath	-6.87%	-3.29%	-2.36%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DOCU or PATH?

77.6% of DocuSign shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of UiPath shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of DocuSign shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of UiPath shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor DOCU or PATH?

In the previous week, UiPath had 8 more articles in the media than DocuSign. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for UiPath and 6 mentions for DocuSign. UiPath's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat DocuSign's score of 0.61 indicating that UiPath is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DocuSign	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UiPath	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

DocuSign beats UiPath on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.