CFLT vs. HUBS, SRAD, GDDY, TTD, CHKP, ZM, IOT, CRWV, OKTA, and PTC
Should you be buying Confluent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Confluent include HubSpot (HUBS), Sportradar Group (SRAD), GoDaddy (GDDY), Trade Desk (TTD), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Samsara (IOT), CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock (CRWV), Okta (OKTA), and PTC (PTC). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Confluent vs.
HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) and Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
HubSpot presently has a consensus price target of $818.04, suggesting a potential upside of 51.77%. Confluent has a consensus price target of $34.71, suggesting a potential upside of 64.13%. Given Confluent's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Confluent is more favorable than HubSpot.
HubSpot has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. Confluent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HubSpot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
HubSpot has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Confluent has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
HubSpot has a net margin of 0.17% compared to Confluent's net margin of -35.81%. HubSpot's return on equity of -0.07% beat Confluent's return on equity.
HubSpot received 770 more outperform votes than Confluent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.88% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 54.33% of users gave Confluent an outperform vote.
In the previous week, HubSpot had 15 more articles in the media than Confluent. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for HubSpot and 27 mentions for Confluent. Confluent's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat HubSpot's score of 0.52 indicating that Confluent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.4% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Confluent shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of HubSpot shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Confluent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
HubSpot beats Confluent on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CFLT) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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