Workday (WDAY) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer WDAY or INTU?

Workday currently has a consensus price target of $298.75, indicating a potential upside of 28.58%. Intuit has a consensus price target of $713.56, indicating a potential upside of 20.22%. Given Workday's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Workday is more favorable than Intuit.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Workday	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Intuit	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WDAY or INTU?

Intuit has higher revenue and earnings than Workday. Intuit 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
Workday	$8.45B	7.32	$1.38B	$1.96	118.54
Intuit	$17.17B	9.67	$2.96B	$10.72	55.37

Is WDAY or INTU more profitable?

Workday has a net margin of 19.86% compared to Intuit's net margin of 17.59%. Intuit's return on equity of 18.25% beat Workday's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Workday	19.86%	6.13%	3.13%
Intuit	17.59%	18.25%	10.42%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WDAY or INTU?

89.8% of Workday shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Intuit shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Workday shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Intuit shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDAY or INTU?

Workday received 335 more outperform votes than Intuit when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.68% of users gave Intuit an outperform vote while only 65.27% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Workday	Outperform Votes 1447 65.27%	Underperform Votes 770 34.73%
Intuit	Outperform Votes 1112 68.68%	Underperform Votes 507 31.32%

Does the media refer more to WDAY or INTU?

In the previous week, Intuit had 18 more articles in the media than Workday. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Intuit and 35 mentions for Workday. Workday's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Intuit's score of 1.22 indicating that Workday is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Workday	27 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Intuit	38 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, WDAY or INTU?

Workday has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuit has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Workday beats Intuit on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.