PCTY vs. NET, EA, RBLX, HUBS, WIT, VEEV, ZS, BIDU, GDDY, and ZM
Should you be buying Paylocity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paylocity include Cloudflare (NET), Electronic Arts (EA), Roblox (RBLX), HubSpot (HUBS), Wipro (WIT), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Zscaler (ZS), Baidu (BIDU), GoDaddy (GDDY), and Zoom Video Communications (ZM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Paylocity vs.
Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) and Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
Paylocity has higher revenue and earnings than Cloudflare. Cloudflare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paylocity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.7% of Cloudflare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Paylocity shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Cloudflare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Paylocity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cloudflare has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paylocity has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Paylocity has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -5.97%. Paylocity's return on equity of 22.92% beat Cloudflare's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cloudflare had 12 more articles in the media than Paylocity. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cloudflare and 11 mentions for Paylocity. Cloudflare's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Paylocity's score of 0.35 indicating that Cloudflare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paylocity received 379 more outperform votes than Cloudflare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.83% of users gave Paylocity an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave Cloudflare an outperform vote.
Cloudflare presently has a consensus target price of $107.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.65%. Paylocity has a consensus target price of $210.64, suggesting a potential upside of 6.93%. Given Paylocity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paylocity is more favorable than Cloudflare.
Summary
Paylocity beats Cloudflare on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:PCTY) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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