PAYC vs. CYBR, U, GWRE, PCTY, DAY, MNDY, CDAY, APPF, TWLO, and INFA
Should you be buying Paycom Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paycom Software include CyberArk Software (CYBR), Unity Software (U), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Paylocity (PCTY), Dayforce (DAY), monday.com (MNDY), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), AppFolio (APPF), Twilio (TWLO), and Informatica (INFA). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than CyberArk Software. CyberArk Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycom Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.8% of Paycom Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CyberArk Software shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Paycom Software shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CyberArk Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CyberArk Software received 142 more outperform votes than Paycom Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.53% of users gave CyberArk Software an outperform vote while only 65.15% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote.
Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.91% compared to CyberArk Software's net margin of -3.20%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 32.84% beat CyberArk Software's return on equity.
In the previous week, Paycom Software had 9 more articles in the media than CyberArk Software. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Paycom Software and 10 mentions for CyberArk Software. Paycom Software's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat CyberArk Software's score of 0.73 indicating that Paycom Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paycom Software has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CyberArk Software has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paycom Software presently has a consensus target price of $246.31, indicating a potential upside of 42.06%. CyberArk Software has a consensus target price of $265.63, indicating a potential upside of 13.72%. Given Paycom Software's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than CyberArk Software.
Summary
Paycom Software beats CyberArk Software on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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