MSTR vs. ADBE, INTU, CDNS, SNPS, WDAY, ADSK, FICO, ANSS, TYL, and SSNC
Should you be buying MicroStrategy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MicroStrategy include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), and SS&C Technologies (SSNC). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
MicroStrategy vs.
MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Adobe had 25 more articles in the media than MicroStrategy. MarketBeat recorded 90 mentions for Adobe and 65 mentions for MicroStrategy. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat MicroStrategy's score of 0.69 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MicroStrategy has a beta of 3.25, meaning that its stock price is 225% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
59.8% of MicroStrategy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of MicroStrategy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe 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.
MicroStrategy currently has a consensus price target of $479.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.87%. Adobe has a consensus price target of $573.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.26%. Given Adobe's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than MicroStrategy.
Adobe received 1245 more outperform votes than MicroStrategy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.76% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 64.00% of users gave MicroStrategy an outperform vote.
Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than MicroStrategy. MicroStrategy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Adobe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Adobe has a net margin of 25.85% compared to MicroStrategy's net margin of -87.05%. Adobe's return on equity of 45.87% beat MicroStrategy's return on equity.
Summary
Adobe beats MicroStrategy on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MSTR) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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