Workday (WDAY) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ADBE or WDAY?

81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Workday shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Workday shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ADBE or WDAY?

In the previous week, Adobe had 38 more articles in the media than Workday. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for Adobe and 50 mentions for Workday. Adobe's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Workday's score of 0.99 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adobe	69 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Workday	28 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ADBE or WDAY?

Adobe has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workday has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ADBE or WDAY?

Adobe presently has a consensus target price of $570.88, indicating a potential upside of 26.93%. Workday has a consensus target price of $291.11, indicating a potential upside of 12.71%. Given Adobe's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Workday.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adobe	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Workday	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

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%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$21.51B	9.10	$5.56B	$12.40	36.27
Workday	$7.26B	9.46	$1.38B	$6.03	42.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADBE or WDAY?

Adobe received 249 more outperform votes than Workday when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.79% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 65.20% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adobe	Outperform Votes 1682 70.79%	Underperform Votes 694 29.21%
Workday	Outperform Votes 1433 65.20%	Underperform Votes 765 34.80%

Summary

Adobe beats Workday on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.