FRSH vs. PTC, TWLO, DUOL, NTNX, DT, SNAP, CYBR, DOCU, AUR, and GEN
Should you be buying Freshworks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freshworks include PTC (PTC), Twilio (TWLO), Duolingo (DUOL), Nutanix (NTNX), Dynatrace (DT), Snap (SNAP), CyberArk Software (CYBR), DocuSign (DOCU), Aurora Innovation (AUR), and Gen Digital (GEN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Freshworks vs.
Freshworks (NASDAQ:FRSH) and PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, PTC had 26 more articles in the media than Freshworks. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for PTC and 5 mentions for Freshworks. Freshworks' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat PTC's score of 0.71 indicating that Freshworks is being referred to more favorably in the media.
75.6% of Freshworks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of PTC shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Freshworks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of PTC 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 has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PTC has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PTC has higher revenue and earnings than Freshworks. Freshworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PTC received 567 more outperform votes than Freshworks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.73% of users gave PTC an outperform vote while only 46.48% of users gave Freshworks an outperform vote.
Freshworks currently has a consensus price target of $20.62, indicating a potential upside of 19.10%. PTC has a consensus price target of $210.09, indicating a potential upside of 29.97%. Given PTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PTC is more favorable than Freshworks.
PTC has a net margin of 16.95% compared to Freshworks' net margin of -13.24%. PTC's return on equity of 14.49% beat Freshworks' return on equity.
Summary
PTC beats Freshworks on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FRSH) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
