PANW vs. FTNT, KLAC, ANET, DELL, ABNB, ADI, SNPS, RELX, CRWD, and APH
Should you be buying Palo Alto Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palo Alto Networks include Fortinet (FTNT), KLA (KLAC), Arista Networks (ANET), Dell Technologies (DELL), Airbnb (ABNB), Analog Devices (ADI), Synopsys (SNPS), Relx (RELX), CrowdStrike (CRWD), and Amphenol (APH). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) and Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
79.8% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Fortinet shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Fortinet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Palo Alto Networks had 32 more articles in the media than Fortinet. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Palo Alto Networks and 11 mentions for Fortinet. Fortinet's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Palo Alto Networks' score of 0.63 indicating that Fortinet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Palo Alto Networks has a net margin of 30.24% compared to Fortinet's net margin of 22.23%. Palo Alto Networks' return on equity of 36.58% beat Fortinet's return on equity.
Fortinet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Palo Alto Networks. Fortinet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palo Alto Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Palo Alto Networks received 852 more outperform votes than Fortinet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.59% of users gave Palo Alto Networks an outperform vote while only 67.05% of users gave Fortinet an outperform vote.
Palo Alto Networks has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortinet has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Palo Alto Networks presently has a consensus price target of $319.13, suggesting a potential upside of 0.40%. Fortinet has a consensus price target of $70.37, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. Given Fortinet's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fortinet is more favorable than Palo Alto Networks.
Summary
Palo Alto Networks beats Fortinet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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