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$250.72 +1.66 (+0.67%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:15 PM ET)

AZPN vs. FICO, ANSS, TYL, SSNC, FDS, MANH, GWRE, PEGA, INFA, and HCP

Should you be buying Aspen Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aspen Technology include Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Pegasystems (PEGA), Informatica (INFA), and HashiCorp (HCP). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Aspen Technology vs.

Aspen Technology (NASDAQ:AZPN) and Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Aspen Technology received 97 more outperform votes than Fair Isaac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.50% of users gave Aspen Technology an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Aspen TechnologyOutperform Votes
452
61.50%
Underperform Votes
283
38.50%
Fair IsaacOutperform Votes
355
60.89%
Underperform Votes
228
39.11%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aspen Technology$1.09B14.49-$9.77M-$0.58-432.28
Fair Isaac$1.72B29.64$512.81M$20.45102.25

Aspen Technology has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Aspen Technology presently has a consensus price target of $258.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.90%. Fair Isaac has a consensus price target of $2,032.46, suggesting a potential downside of 2.80%. Given Aspen Technology's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Aspen Technology is more favorable than Fair Isaac.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Aspen Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Fair Isaac
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

45.7% of Aspen Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Aspen Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fair Isaac has a net margin of 29.86% compared to Aspen Technology's net margin of -3.26%. Aspen Technology's return on equity of 2.81% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aspen Technology-3.26% 2.81% 2.56%
Fair Isaac 29.86%-59.47%28.78%

In the previous week, Fair Isaac had 15 more articles in the media than Aspen Technology. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Fair Isaac and 5 mentions for Aspen Technology. Aspen Technology's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Fair Isaac's score of 1.11 indicating that Aspen Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Aspen Technology
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fair Isaac
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Fair Isaac beats Aspen Technology on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AZPN vs. The Competition

MetricAspen TechnologyCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$15.86B$7.36B$25.69B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A2.45%2.77%4.22%
P/E Ratio-432.2816.97241.2417.19
Price / Sales14.499.403,316.04116.80
Price / Cash18.0921.7635.6637.86
Price / Book1.246.128.074.78
Net Income-$9.77M$198.17M$678.74M$225.60M
7 Day Performance0.77%0.50%0.45%-1.24%
1 Month Performance1.06%43.90%7.00%3.36%
1 Year Performance15.95%36.00%23.04%16.58%

Aspen Technology Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AZPN
Aspen Technology
3.1351 of 5 stars
$250.72
+0.7%
$258.00
+2.9%
+18.4%$15.86B$1.09B-432.283,937Positive News
High Trading Volume
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.7664 of 5 stars
$2,172.13
+0.1%
$2,022.67
-6.9%
+80.7%$52.89B$1.72B106.063,586Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
4.0271 of 5 stars
$341.56
+0.4%
$342.50
+0.3%
+14.0%$29.87B$2.47B52.516,200Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6422 of 5 stars
$613.83
+0.4%
$642.62
+4.7%
+48.0%$26.27B$1.95B111.627,300Insider Trade
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.4457 of 5 stars
$76.61
-0.1%
$77.75
+1.5%
+27.2%$18.98B$5.76B27.4526,000Positive News
FDS
FactSet Research Systems
4.1802 of 5 stars
$489.54
+0.2%
$451.85
-7.7%
+6.9%$18.60B$2.20B35.1612,398Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MANH
Manhattan Associates
4.3362 of 5 stars
$299.01
+0.3%
$292.89
-2.0%
+28.6%$18.26B$1.02B85.184,580Positive News
GWRE
Guidewire Software
4.0259 of 5 stars
$172.56
-0.1%
$193.00
+11.8%
+67.4%$14.41B$1.04B479.893,469Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.6763 of 5 stars
$97.09
+2.6%
$85.90
-11.5%
+93.9%$8.33B$1.43B69.045,406Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
INFA
Informatica
3.8199 of 5 stars
$27.09
+1.0%
$33.27
+22.8%
-5.1%$8.27B$1.66B127.715,000Insider Trade
HCP
HashiCorp
1.0025 of 5 stars
$33.81
+0.1%
$32.08
-5.1%
+51.0%$6.91B$654.89M-55.392,200Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:AZPN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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