Workday (WDAY) Competitors

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ADBE or WDAY?

Adobe has higher revenue and earnings than Workday. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Workday, 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
Adobe	$22.04B	7.79	$5.56B	$15.18	25.99
Workday	$8.45B	7.87	$1.38B	$1.96	127.51

Which has more risk & volatility, ADBE or WDAY?

Adobe has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workday has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ADBE or WDAY?

81.8% of Adobe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Workday shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Workday shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ADBE or WDAY?

In the previous week, Adobe had 70 more articles in the media than Workday. MarketBeat recorded 123 mentions for Adobe and 53 mentions for Workday. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Workday's score of 0.95 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adobe	70 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	36 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Workday	30 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ADBE or WDAY more profitable?

Adobe has a net margin of 25.85% compared to Workday's net margin of 19.86%. Adobe's return on equity of 45.87% beat Workday's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adobe	25.85%	45.87%	22.76%
Workday	19.86%	6.13%	3.13%

Do analysts recommend ADBE or WDAY?

Adobe presently has a consensus target price of $538.80, indicating a potential upside of 36.59%. Workday has a consensus target price of $300.36, indicating a potential upside of 20.19%. Given Adobe's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Workday.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adobe	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Workday	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADBE or WDAY?

Adobe received 249 more outperform votes than Workday when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.71% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 65.28% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adobe	Outperform Votes 1695 70.71%	Underperform Votes 702 29.29%
Workday	Outperform Votes 1446 65.28%	Underperform Votes 769 34.72%

Summary

Adobe beats Workday on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.