CHKP vs. SSNC, TYL, CTXS, NICE, BKI, NTES, SNOW, PLTR, ADSK, and TEAM
Should you be buying Check Point Software Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Check Point Software Technologies include SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Citrix Systems (CTXS), NICE (NICE), Black Knight (BKI), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Autodesk (ADSK), and Atlassian (TEAM).
SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) and Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 34.33% compared to Check Point Software Technologies' net margin of 11.46%. SS&C Technologies' return on equity of 31.42% beat Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity.
SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Check Point Software Technologies received 213 more outperform votes than SS&C Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.16% of users gave SS&C Technologies an outperform vote while only 65.55% of users gave Check Point Software Technologies an outperform vote.
SS&C Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $70.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.13%. Check Point Software Technologies has a consensus price target of $169.18, indicating a potential upside of 12.41%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Check Point Software Technologies.
Check Point Software Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SS&C Technologies. Check Point Software Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SS&C Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Check Point Software Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Check Point Software Technologies and 7 mentions for SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Check Point Software Technologies' score of 0.82 indicating that Check Point Software Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Check Point Software Technologies beats SS&C Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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