Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) Competitors

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) and Formula Systems (1985) (NASDAQ:FORTY) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

Is PATH or FORTY more profitable?

Formula Systems (1985) has a net margin of 2.78% compared to UiPath's net margin of -6.49%. Formula Systems (1985)'s return on equity of 5.68% beat UiPath's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UiPath	-6.49%	-4.14%	-2.82%
Formula Systems (1985)	2.78%	5.68%	2.70%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PATH or FORTY?

Formula Systems (1985) has higher revenue and earnings than UiPath. UiPath is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Formula Systems (1985), 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	$1.43B	4.08	-$89.88M	-$0.13	-81.58
Formula Systems (1985)	$2.76B	0.50	$64.01M	$5.09	17.64

Which has more risk & volatility, PATH or FORTY?

UiPath has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Formula Systems (1985) has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PATH or FORTY?

UiPath currently has a consensus price target of $13.62, suggesting a potential upside of 28.41%. Given UiPath's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe UiPath is more favorable than Formula Systems (1985).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UiPath	2 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Formula Systems (1985)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PATH or FORTY?

62.5% of UiPath shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of UiPath shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.3% of Formula Systems (1985) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PATH or FORTY?

In the previous week, UiPath had 12 more articles in the media than Formula Systems (1985). MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for UiPath and 8 mentions for Formula Systems (1985). Formula Systems (1985)'s average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat UiPath's score of 0.63 indicating that Formula Systems (1985) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UiPath	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Formula Systems (1985)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PATH or FORTY?

UiPath received 48 more outperform votes than Formula Systems (1985) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.29% of users gave Formula Systems (1985) an outperform vote while only 39.04% of users gave UiPath an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UiPath	Outperform Votes 130 39.04%	Underperform Votes 203 60.96%
Formula Systems (1985)	Outperform Votes 82 60.29%	Underperform Votes 54 39.71%

Summary

Formula Systems (1985) beats UiPath on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.