MSTR vs. TYL, ANSS, SSNC, MANH, GWRE, INFA, CVLT, INST, PRGS, and SPNS
Should you be buying MicroStrategy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MicroStrategy include Tyler Technologies (TYL), ANSYS (ANSS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Informatica (INFA), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Instructure (INST), Progress Software (PRGS), and Sapiens International (SPNS). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Tyler Technologies (NYSE:TYL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, MicroStrategy and MicroStrategy both had 14 articles in the media. Tyler Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat MicroStrategy's score of 0.55 indicating that Tyler Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
72.0% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Tyler Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of MicroStrategy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Tyler Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MicroStrategy has a beta of 3, meaning that its share price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyler Technologies has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tyler Technologies has a net margin of 9.50% compared to MicroStrategy's net margin of -17.40%. Tyler Technologies' return on equity of 9.35% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.
MicroStrategy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tyler Technologies. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tyler Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MicroStrategy currently has a consensus price target of $1,678.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.95%. Tyler Technologies has a consensus price target of $492.22, suggesting a potential upside of 0.63%. Given MicroStrategy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MicroStrategy is more favorable than Tyler Technologies.
Tyler Technologies received 229 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.67% of users gave Tyler Technologies an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
Summary
Tyler Technologies beats MicroStrategy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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