Gen Digital (GEN) Competitors

Gen Digital (NASDAQ:GEN) and Atlassian (NASDAQ:TEAM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GEN or TEAM?

Atlassian received 577 more outperform votes than Gen Digital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.45% of users gave Gen Digital an outperform vote while only 64.84% of users gave Atlassian an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gen Digital	Outperform Votes 72 65.45%	Underperform Votes 38 34.55%
Atlassian	Outperform Votes 649 64.84%	Underperform Votes 352 35.16%

Do analysts rate GEN or TEAM?

Atlassian has a consensus target price of $272.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.78%. Given Atlassian's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atlassian is more favorable than Gen Digital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gen Digital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Atlassian	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, GEN or TEAM?

Gen Digital has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlassian has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GEN or TEAM?

In the previous week, Atlassian had 49 more articles in the media than Gen Digital. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Atlassian and 2 mentions for Gen Digital. Atlassian's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Gen Digital's score of 0.08 indicating that Atlassian is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gen Digital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Atlassian	18 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GEN or TEAM?

81.4% of Gen Digital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Atlassian shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of Gen Digital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Atlassian shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GEN or TEAM more profitable?

Gen Digital has a net margin of 16.08% compared to Atlassian's net margin of -8.59%. Gen Digital's return on equity of 55.47% beat Atlassian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gen Digital	16.08%	55.47%	7.65%
Atlassian	-8.59%	-23.35%	-4.86%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GEN or TEAM?

Gen Digital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Atlassian. Atlassian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gen Digital, 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
Gen Digital	$3.86B	4.39	$616M	$0.98	28.08
Atlassian	$4.36B	15.08	-$300.52M	-$1.52	-166.03

Summary

Atlassian beats Gen Digital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.