DocuSign (DOCU) Competitors

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) and DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, PATH or DOCU?

UiPath has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DocuSign has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PATH or DOCU?

62.5% of UiPath shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DocuSign shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of UiPath shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of DocuSign shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PATH or DOCU?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UiPath	$1.31B	8.88	-$89.88M	-$0.17	-120.05
DocuSign	$2.76B	4.48	$73.98M	$0.36	167.27

Is PATH or DOCU more profitable?

DocuSign has a net margin of 2.68% compared to DocuSign's net margin of -6.87%. UiPath's return on equity of 13.91% beat DocuSign's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UiPath	-6.87%	-3.29%	-2.36%
DocuSign	2.68%	13.91%	4.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PATH or DOCU?

DocuSign received 287 more outperform votes than UiPath when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.71% of users gave DocuSign an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave UiPath an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UiPath	Outperform Votes 125 45.13%	Underperform Votes 152 54.87%
DocuSign	Outperform Votes 412 59.71%	Underperform Votes 278 40.29%

Do analysts rate PATH or DOCU?

UiPath presently has a consensus target price of $27.41, suggesting a potential upside of 34.31%. DocuSign has a consensus target price of $60.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.06%. Given DocuSign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe UiPath is more favorable than DocuSign.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UiPath	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
DocuSign	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to PATH or DOCU?

In the previous week, UiPath had 8 more articles in the media than DocuSign. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for UiPath and 8 mentions for DocuSign. DocuSign's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat UiPath's score of 0.22 indicating that UiPath is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UiPath	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DocuSign	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

DocuSign beats UiPath on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.