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Symantec (SYMC) Competitors

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SYMC vs. AXON, CVLT, AI, QLYS, PRGS, MSFT, ORCL, NOW, FTNT, and TEAM

Should you be buying Symantec stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Symantec include Axon Enterprise (AXON), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Qualys (QLYS), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), and Atlassian (TEAM).

Symantec vs.

Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ:AXON) and Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Axon Enterprise has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Symantec. Symantec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axon Enterprise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axon Enterprise$1.94B24.82$174.23M$3.87163.23
Symantec$4.73B3.64$31M$1.1723.79

Axon Enterprise has a net margin of 15.37% compared to Symantec's net margin of 2.43%. Symantec's return on equity of 14.94% beat Axon Enterprise's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axon Enterprise15.37% 7.50% 3.78%
Symantec 2.43%14.94%5.33%

Axon Enterprise has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Symantec has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Axon Enterprise currently has a consensus target price of $488.67, indicating a potential downside of 22.64%. Given Axon Enterprise's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Axon Enterprise is more favorable than Symantec.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axon Enterprise
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Symantec
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Axon Enterprise had 20 more articles in the media than Symantec. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Axon Enterprise and 0 mentions for Symantec. Axon Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Symantec's score of 0.00 indicating that Axon Enterprise is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Axon Enterprise Positive
Symantec Neutral

Symantec received 345 more outperform votes than Axon Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.09% of users gave Axon Enterprise an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Symantec an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Axon EnterpriseOutperform Votes
453
65.09%
Underperform Votes
243
34.91%
SymantecOutperform Votes
798
64.88%
Underperform Votes
432
35.12%

79.1% of Axon Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Symantec shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Axon Enterprise shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Symantec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Axon Enterprise beats Symantec on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SYMC vs. The Competition

MetricSymantecPrepackaged Software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.20B$25.47B$26.10B$9.08B
Dividend Yield1.26%2.28%2.78%4.23%
P/E Ratio23.7997.42237.8717.19
Price / Sales3.6424.783,361.42117.01
Price / Cash10.7991.3135.8537.85
Price / Book3.1012.918.154.78
Net Income$31M$448.65M$685.86M$225.60M

Symantec Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYMC
Symantec
N/A$27.83
+1.4%
N/A+22.1%$17.20B$4.73B23.7911,900High Trading Volume
AXON
Axon Enterprise
3.3277 of 5 stars
$649.30
+0.7%
$488.67
-24.7%
+145.9%$49.51B$1.56B166.644,260Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
CVLT
Commvault Systems
4.0408 of 5 stars
$170.84
+1.3%
$151.25
-11.5%
+99.9%$7.47B$898.05M43.212,882Positive News
AI
C3.ai
2.9723 of 5 stars
$42.94
+8.8%
$35.55
-17.2%
+23.7%$5.45B$346.54M-19.38700Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
QLYS
Qualys
1.3554 of 5 stars
$146.22
-0.9%
$152.80
+4.5%
-30.9%$5.35B$554.46M32.502,188
PRGS
Progress Software
3.8568 of 5 stars
$69.11
+0.3%
$67.67
-2.1%
+20.7%$2.97B$715.42M36.842,284News Coverage
Positive News
MSFT
Microsoft
4.8607 of 5 stars
$451.59
+1.0%
$505.43
+11.9%
+16.9%$3.36T$254.19B36.86228,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ORCL
Oracle
4.5295 of 5 stars
$171.23
-1.2%
$183.63
+7.2%
+60.4%$478.92B$52.96B42.11159,000Analyst Downgrade
NOW
ServiceNow
4.1238 of 5 stars
$1,129.93
+0.8%
$1,034.96
-8.4%
+55.7%$232.77B$10.46B174.3522,668Analyst Forecast
FTNT
Fortinet
4.2257 of 5 stars
$98.16
+0.2%
$90.43
-7.9%
+66.1%$75.24B$5.71B49.4713,568Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TEAM
Atlassian
4.1087 of 5 stars
$278.09
-0.2%
$256.50
-7.8%
+5.0%$72.42B$4.57B-183.6412,157Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:SYMC) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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