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$499.50 -0.11 (-0.02%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ADBE vs. NOW, SAP, SHOP, CRM, INTU, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, WDAY, and ADSK

Should you be buying Adobe stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Adobe include ServiceNow (NOW), SAP (SAP), Shopify (SHOP), Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), and Autodesk (ADSK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Adobe vs.

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adobe$19.41B11.33$5.43B$11.8442.19
ServiceNow$10.46B20.14$1.73B$6.43159.09

Adobe has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Adobe has a net margin of 25.59% compared to ServiceNow's net margin of 12.77%. Adobe's return on equity of 42.82% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adobe25.59% 42.82% 22.20%
ServiceNow 12.77%16.03%7.54%

In the previous week, ServiceNow had 5 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for ServiceNow and 60 mentions for Adobe. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.96 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adobe
43 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ServiceNow
44 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Adobe currently has a consensus price target of $606.40, suggesting a potential upside of 21.40%. ServiceNow has a consensus price target of $986.39, suggesting a potential downside of 3.58%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than ServiceNow.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adobe
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
ServiceNow
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

Adobe received 295 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.08% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 70.76% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AdobeOutperform Votes
1660
70.76%
Underperform Votes
686
29.24%
ServiceNowOutperform Votes
1365
75.08%
Underperform Votes
453
24.92%

81.8% of Adobe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Adobe beats ServiceNow on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ADBE vs. The Competition

MetricAdobePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$219.88B$24.99B$23.65B$8.81B
Dividend YieldN/A2.33%2.77%4.06%
P/E Ratio42.1991.96268.7317.77
Price / Sales11.338.043,389.6775.18
Price / Cash33.9787.3932.4532.53
Price / Book13.7711.017.364.68
Net Income$5.43B$444.73M$660.95M$226.08M
7 Day Performance-5.73%-0.07%0.23%-1.04%
1 Month Performance0.36%4.17%0.81%1.04%
1 Year Performance-18.25%23.90%18.76%26.28%

Adobe Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADBE
Adobe
4.6666 of 5 stars
$499.50
0.0%
$606.40
+21.4%
-18.5%$219.88B$19.41B42.1929,945Analyst Revision
Positive News
NOW
ServiceNow
4.5252 of 5 stars
$1,022.98
+0.1%
$986.39
-3.6%
+53.4%$210.55B$8.97B159.1022,668Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
SAP
SAP
2.4654 of 5 stars
$235.02
+0.8%
$252.33
+7.4%
+53.3%$286.49B$33.77B94.01107,602
SHOP
Shopify
4.4192 of 5 stars
$103.97
-0.6%
$94.95
-8.7%
+49.6%$134.96B$7.06B97.178,300Positive News
CRM
Salesforce
4.6384 of 5 stars
$325.70
+0.7%
$326.19
+0.2%
+44.7%$309.20B$34.86B56.6472,682Analyst Forecast
Positive News
INTU
Intuit
4.8964 of 5 stars
$650.60
+1.0%
$737.06
+13.3%
+15.3%$180.45B$16.29B62.2618,800Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.035 of 5 stars
$473.83
+10.1%
$289.88
-38.8%
+831.8%$87.25B$496.26M0.001,934Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.6085 of 5 stars
$304.01
+1.5%
$326.00
+7.2%
+12.5%$82.18B$4.09B79.7911,200Positive News
SNPS
Synopsys
4.8617 of 5 stars
$541.56
+1.4%
$649.82
+20.0%
+0.0%$82.03B$5.84B56.1820,300Positive News
WDAY
Workday
4.8913 of 5 stars
$259.44
-0.2%
$289.46
+11.6%
+9.5%$68.87B$7.26B45.2018,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ADSK
Autodesk
4.3765 of 5 stars
$307.84
+0.9%
$302.38
-1.8%
+40.1%$66.19B$5.50B62.9514,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:ADBE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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