INFA vs. GWRE, BLKB, ACIW, MANH, SSNC, TYL, ANSS, MSTR, APPF, and GTLB
Should you be buying Informatica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Informatica include Guidewire Software (GWRE), Blackbaud (BLKB), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Manhattan Associates (MANH), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), ANSYS (ANSS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), AppFolio (APPF), and GitLab (GTLB). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) and Informatica (NYSE:INFA) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Guidewire Software presently has a consensus target price of $115.11, indicating a potential downside of 3.02%. Informatica has a consensus target price of $35.45, indicating a potential upside of 22.77%. Given Guidewire Software's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Informatica is more favorable than Guidewire Software.
In the previous week, Informatica had 2 more articles in the media than Guidewire Software. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Informatica and 9 mentions for Guidewire Software. Informatica's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Guidewire Software's score of 0.27 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Guidewire Software received 84 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote while only 61.69% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote.
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 has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informatica has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guidewire Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
98.5% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Guidewire Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of Informatica shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Guidewire Software and Informatica tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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