NortonLifeLock (NLOK) Competitors

NortonLifeLock (NASDAQ:NLOK) and Guidewire Software (NYSE:GWRE) are both large-cap information companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NLOK or GWRE?

Guidewire Software received 363 more outperform votes than NortonLifeLock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NortonLifeLock an outperform vote while only 65.14% of users gave Guidewire Software an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NortonLifeLock	Outperform Votes 78 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Guidewire Software	Outperform Votes 441 65.14%	Underperform Votes 236 34.86%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NLOK or GWRE?

NortonLifeLock has higher revenue and earnings than Guidewire Software. Guidewire Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NortonLifeLock, 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
NortonLifeLock	$2.82B	5.97	$817.05M	$1.43	20.59
Guidewire Software	$980.50M	16.80	-$6.10M	-$0.08	-2,465.07

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NLOK or GWRE?

94.9% of NortonLifeLock shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of NortonLifeLock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Guidewire Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NLOK or GWRE more profitable?

NortonLifeLock has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Guidewire Software's net margin of -0.62%. NortonLifeLock's return on equity of 0.00% beat Guidewire Software's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NortonLifeLock	N/A	N/A	N/A
Guidewire Software	-0.62%	-1.29%	-0.80%

Which has more volatility & risk, NLOK or GWRE?

NortonLifeLock has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guidewire Software has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NLOK or GWRE?

Guidewire Software has a consensus price target of $183.69, indicating a potential downside of 6.86%. Given Guidewire Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guidewire Software is more favorable than NortonLifeLock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NortonLifeLock	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Guidewire Software	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media prefer NLOK or GWRE?

In the previous week, Guidewire Software had 22 more articles in the media than NortonLifeLock. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Guidewire Software and 1 mentions for NortonLifeLock. Guidewire Software's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat NortonLifeLock's score of 0.00 indicating that Guidewire Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NortonLifeLock	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Guidewire Software	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NortonLifeLock beats Guidewire Software on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.