FRSH vs. GEN, DOCU, TWLO, SNAP, DT, CYBR, YMM, MDB, DUOL, and RBRK
Should you be buying Freshworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freshworks include Gen Digital (GEN), DocuSign (DOCU), Twilio (TWLO), Snap (SNAP), Dynatrace (DT), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Full Truck Alliance (YMM), MongoDB (MDB), Duolingo (DUOL), and Rubrik (RBRK). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Freshworks vs.
Freshworks (NASDAQ:FRSH) and Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
Gen Digital has a net margin of 16.32% compared to Freshworks' net margin of -13.24%. Gen Digital's return on equity of 58.83% beat Freshworks' return on equity.
Gen Digital received 5 more outperform votes than Freshworks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.86% of users gave Gen Digital an outperform vote while only 45.89% of users gave Freshworks an outperform vote.
75.6% of Freshworks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Gen Digital shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Freshworks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of Gen Digital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Freshworks currently has a consensus price target of $21.14, indicating a potential upside of 39.46%. Given Freshworks' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Freshworks is more favorable than Gen Digital.
In the previous week, Freshworks had 9 more articles in the media than Gen Digital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Freshworks and 4 mentions for Gen Digital. Freshworks' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Gen Digital's score of 0.25 indicating that Freshworks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Freshworks has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gen Digital has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gen Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Freshworks. Freshworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gen Digital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gen Digital beats Freshworks on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FRSH) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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