Thoughtworks (TWKS) Competitors

Thoughtworks (NASDAQ:TWKS) and Waystar (NASDAQ:WAY) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts prefer TWKS or WAY?

Thoughtworks presently has a consensus price target of $4.18, indicating a potential downside of 6.60%. Waystar has a consensus price target of $31.90, indicating a potential upside of 5.28%. Given Waystar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Waystar is more favorable than Thoughtworks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thoughtworks	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Waystar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TWKS or WAY?

32.8% of Thoughtworks shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Thoughtworks shares are held by company 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TWKS or WAY?

Waystar has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Thoughtworks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thoughtworks	$1.03B	1.40	-$68.66M	-$0.30	-14.90
Waystar	$791.01M	6.59	-$51.33M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TWKS or WAY?

Thoughtworks received 4 more outperform votes than Waystar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Waystar an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Thoughtworks an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Thoughtworks	Outperform Votes 24 28.57%	Underperform Votes 60 71.43%
Waystar	Outperform Votes 20 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is TWKS or WAY more profitable?

Waystar has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Thoughtworks' net margin of -9.45%. Waystar's return on equity of 0.00% beat Thoughtworks' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thoughtworks	-9.45%	-5.34%	-3.13%
Waystar	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor TWKS or WAY?

In the previous week, Thoughtworks had 5 more articles in the media than Waystar. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Thoughtworks and 4 mentions for Waystar. Thoughtworks' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Waystar's score of 0.35 indicating that Thoughtworks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Thoughtworks	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Waystar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Waystar beats Thoughtworks on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.