Paycor HCM (PYCR) Competitors

Paycor HCM (NASDAQ:PYCR) and Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PYCR or OKTA?

36.8% of Paycor HCM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Okta shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Paycor HCM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Okta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PYCR or OKTA?

Okta received 538 more outperform votes than Paycor HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.24% of users gave Okta an outperform vote while only 33.83% of users gave Paycor HCM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paycor HCM	Outperform Votes 45 33.83%	Underperform Votes 88 66.17%
Okta	Outperform Votes 583 58.24%	Underperform Votes 418 41.76%

Which has more risk & volatility, PYCR or OKTA?

Paycor HCM has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okta has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PYCR or OKTA?

In the previous week, Okta had 29 more articles in the media than Paycor HCM. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Okta and 9 mentions for Paycor HCM. Okta's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Paycor HCM's score of 1.10 indicating that Okta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paycor HCM	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Okta	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend PYCR or OKTA?

Paycor HCM presently has a consensus price target of $21.53, indicating a potential downside of 4.26%. Okta has a consensus price target of $116.03, indicating a potential upside of 18.48%. Given Okta's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Okta is more favorable than Paycor HCM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paycor HCM	1 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.05
Okta	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Is PYCR or OKTA more profitable?

Okta has a net margin of -1.54% compared to Paycor HCM's net margin of -3.06%. Paycor HCM's return on equity of 4.28% beat Okta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paycor HCM	-3.06%	4.28%	2.06%
Okta	-1.54%	0.47%	0.32%

Which has better earnings & valuation, PYCR or OKTA?

Paycor HCM has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Okta. Paycor HCM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Okta, 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
Paycor HCM	$699.73M	5.84	-$58.94M	-$0.12	-187.42
Okta	$2.61B	6.51	-$355M	$0.04	2,448.25

Summary

Okta beats Paycor HCM on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.