ADSK vs. ADBE, INTU, CDNS, MSTR, SNPS, WDAY, FICO, ANSS, TYL, and SSNC
Should you be buying Autodesk stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Autodesk include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), and SS&C Technologies (SSNC). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Autodesk vs.
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Adobe received 425 more outperform votes than Autodesk when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.76% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 69.25% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote.
Adobe has a net margin of 25.85% compared to Autodesk's net margin of 18.30%. Autodesk's return on equity of 53.87% beat Adobe's return on equity.
Adobe presently has a consensus price target of $573.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.26%. Autodesk has a consensus price target of $326.05, indicating a potential upside of 11.87%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than Autodesk.
81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Autodesk shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Autodesk shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Adobe had 69 more articles in the media than Autodesk. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Adobe and 17 mentions for Autodesk. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Adobe's score of 1.09 indicating that Autodesk is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Adobe has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Autodesk has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than Autodesk. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autodesk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Adobe beats Autodesk on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ADSK) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff