SPLK vs. OKTA, DDOG, PAYC, PLTR, SNPS, CDNS, WDAY, ADSK, FICO, and MSTR
Should you be buying Splunk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Splunk include Okta (OKTA), Datadog (DDOG), Paycom Software (PAYC), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), and MicroStrategy (MSTR).
Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK) and Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Splunk received 1258 more outperform votes than Okta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.69% of users gave Splunk an outperform vote while only 59.58% of users gave Okta an outperform vote.
87.6% of Splunk shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Okta shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Splunk shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Okta shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Okta had 47 more articles in the media than Splunk. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Okta and 0 mentions for Splunk. Okta's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Splunk's score of 0.23 indicating that Okta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Splunk currently has a consensus price target of $136.88, indicating a potential downside of 12.76%. Okta has a consensus price target of $104.81, indicating a potential upside of 18.18%. Given Okta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Okta is more favorable than Splunk.
Splunk has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Okta has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Splunk has higher revenue and earnings than Okta. Okta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Splunk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Splunk has a net margin of 6.26% compared to Okta's net margin of -11.69%. Splunk's return on equity of 32,117.42% beat Okta's return on equity.
Summary
Splunk beats Okta on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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