BSY vs. DDOG, NET, RBLX, HUBS, WIT, VEEV, BIDU, EA, ZS, and GDDY
Should you be buying Bentley Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bentley Systems include Datadog (DDOG), Cloudflare (NET), Roblox (RBLX), HubSpot (HUBS), Wipro (WIT), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Baidu (BIDU), Electronic Arts (EA), Zscaler (ZS), and GoDaddy (GDDY). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Bentley Systems vs.
Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Bentley Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Datadog. Bentley Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Datadog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Datadog received 240 more outperform votes than Bentley Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave Bentley Systems an outperform vote.
44.2% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.1% of Bentley Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bentley Systems currently has a consensus target price of $57.29, suggesting a potential upside of 23.06%. Datadog has a consensus target price of $157.59, suggesting a potential upside of 10.42%. Given Bentley Systems' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Bentley Systems is more favorable than Datadog.
In the previous week, Datadog had 35 more articles in the media than Bentley Systems. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Datadog and 13 mentions for Bentley Systems. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Bentley Systems' score of 0.92 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bentley Systems has a net margin of 27.73% compared to Datadog's net margin of 7.58%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 29.50% beat Datadog's return on equity.
Summary
Datadog beats Bentley Systems on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BSY) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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