GWRE vs. INFA, MANH, BLKB, ACIW, SSNC, MSTR, TYL, ANSS, MNDY, and PCTY
Should you be buying Guidewire Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guidewire Software include Informatica (INFA), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), ANSYS (ANSS), monday.com (MNDY), and Paylocity (PCTY). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Informatica (NYSE:INFA) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
98.4% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.9% of Informatica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Informatica has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Informatica and Informatica both had 3 articles in the media. Informatica's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Guidewire Software's score of 0.65 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Informatica presently has a consensus target price of $35.45, suggesting a potential upside of 20.18%. Guidewire Software has a consensus target price of $115.11, suggesting a potential downside of 1.24%. Given Guidewire Software's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
Guidewire Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Informatica. Informatica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guidewire Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Informatica has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Informatica's net margin of -5.48%. Guidewire Software's return on equity of 5.31% beat Informatica's return on equity.
Guidewire Software received 85 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
Summary
Guidewire Software beats Informatica on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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