AZPN vs. ADSK, FICO, ANSS, TYL, SSNC, FDS, MANH, GWRE, PEGA, and INFA
Should you be buying Aspen Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Technology include Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Pegasystems (PEGA), and Informatica (INFA). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Aspen Technology vs.
Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) and Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
90.2% of Autodesk shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Aspen Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Autodesk shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Aspen Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Autodesk presently has a consensus target price of $326.05, indicating a potential upside of 11.87%. Aspen Technology has a consensus target price of $258.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Autodesk's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Autodesk is more favorable than Aspen Technology.
Autodesk has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Aspen Technology's net margin of -3.26%. Autodesk's return on equity of 53.87% beat Aspen Technology's return on equity.
Autodesk received 800 more outperform votes than Aspen Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.25% of users gave Autodesk an outperform vote while only 61.16% of users gave Aspen Technology an outperform vote.
Autodesk has higher revenue and earnings than Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Autodesk, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Autodesk had 11 more articles in the media than Aspen Technology. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Autodesk and 6 mentions for Aspen Technology. Autodesk's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Aspen Technology's score of 0.70 indicating that Autodesk is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Autodesk has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aspen Technology has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Autodesk beats Aspen Technology on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AZPN) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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