CYBR vs. PAYC, U, GWRE, PCTY, DAY, MNDY, CDAY, APPF, INFA, and TWLO Should you be buying CyberArk Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CyberArk Software include Paycom Software (PAYC), Unity Software (U), Guidewire Software (GWRE), Paylocity (PCTY), Dayforce (DAY), monday.com (MNDY), Ceridian HCM (CDAY), AppFolio (APPF), Informatica (INFA), and Twilio (TWLO). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
CyberArk Software (NASDAQ:CYBR ) and Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC ) 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, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
CyberArk Software has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paycom Software has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CyberArk Software currently has a consensus target price of $265.63, indicating a potential upside of 7.83%. Paycom Software has a consensus target price of $246.31, indicating a potential upside of 35.13%. Given Paycom Software's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than CyberArk Software.
In the previous week, CyberArk Software had 4 more articles in the media than Paycom Software. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CyberArk Software and 7 mentions for Paycom Software. Paycom Software's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat CyberArk Software's score of 0.90 indicating that Paycom Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than CyberArk Software. CyberArk Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycom Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
91.8% of CyberArk Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Paycom Software shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of CyberArk Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Paycom Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.91% compared to CyberArk Software's net margin of -3.20%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 32.84% beat CyberArk Software's return on equity.
CyberArk Software received 143 more outperform votes than Paycom Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.55% of users gave CyberArk Software an outperform vote while only 65.15% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote.
Summary Paycom Software beats CyberArk Software on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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