GDDY vs. IOT, JKHY, CACI, OTEX, SAIC, ERIC, ZM, PSTG, ENTG, and TER
Should you be buying GoDaddy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GoDaddy include Samsara (IOT), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), CACI International (CACI), Open Text (OTEX), Science Applications International (SAIC), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Pure Storage (PSTG), Entegris (ENTG), and Teradyne (TER). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Samsara (NYSE:IOT) and GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Samsara has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoDaddy has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GoDaddy has higher revenue and earnings than Samsara. Samsara is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GoDaddy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GoDaddy has a net margin of 40.38% compared to GoDaddy's net margin of -30.59%. GoDaddy's return on equity of -22.90% beat Samsara's return on equity.
GoDaddy received 859 more outperform votes than Samsara when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.04% of users gave GoDaddy an outperform vote while only 38.03% of users gave Samsara an outperform vote.
In the previous week, GoDaddy had 6 more articles in the media than Samsara. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for GoDaddy and 8 mentions for Samsara. Samsara's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat GoDaddy's score of 0.36 indicating that GoDaddy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.4% of Samsara shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of GoDaddy shares are held by institutional investors. 66.1% of Samsara shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of GoDaddy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Samsara currently has a consensus price target of $32.60, suggesting a potential downside of 20.29%. GoDaddy has a consensus price target of $142.73, suggesting a potential upside of 5.18%. Given Samsara's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GoDaddy is more favorable than Samsara.
Summary
GoDaddy beats Samsara on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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