PYCR vs. ALKT, APPN, RPD, AVDX, INTA, SEMR, PRGS, BB, SWI, and PD
Should you be buying Paycor HCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paycor HCM include Alkami Technology (ALKT), Appian (APPN), Rapid7 (RPD), AvidXchange (AVDX), Intapp (INTA), Semrush (SEMR), Progress Software (PRGS), BlackBerry (BB), SolarWinds (SWI), and PagerDuty (PD). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Alkami Technology (NASDAQ:ALKT) and Paycor HCM (NASDAQ:PYCR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
55.0% of Alkami Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Paycor HCM shares are held by institutional investors. 38.0% of Alkami Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Paycor HCM shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Paycor HCM had 10 more articles in the media than Alkami Technology. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Paycor HCM and 7 mentions for Alkami Technology. Paycor HCM's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Alkami Technology's score of 0.09 indicating that Alkami Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alkami Technology currently has a consensus target price of $26.90, indicating a potential downside of 2.92%. Paycor HCM has a consensus target price of $24.94, indicating a potential upside of 77.74%. Given Alkami Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paycor HCM is more favorable than Alkami Technology.
Paycor HCM has a net margin of -11.11% compared to Paycor HCM's net margin of -20.42%. Alkami Technology's return on equity of 2.09% beat Paycor HCM's return on equity.
Alkami Technology has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paycor HCM has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alkami Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Paycor HCM. Alkami Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycor HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alkami Technology received 10 more outperform votes than Paycor HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave Alkami Technology an outperform vote while only 35.11% of users gave Paycor HCM an outperform vote.
Summary
Alkami Technology and Paycor HCM tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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