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$278.01 -0.34 (-0.12%)
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WDAY vs. ADBE, INTU, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, ADSK, FICO, ANSS, TYL, and SSNC

Should you be buying Workday stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Workday include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), Tyler Technologies (TYL), and SS&C Technologies (SSNC). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Workday vs.

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

Adobe presently has a consensus target price of $584.88, suggesting a potential upside of 26.73%. Workday has a consensus target price of $290.64, suggesting a potential upside of 4.44%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Workday.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adobe
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
Workday
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adobe$21.51B9.45$5.43B$12.4037.22
Workday$8.16B9.07$1.38B$6.0346.15

Adobe received 251 more outperform votes than Workday when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.82% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote while only 65.23% of users gave Workday an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AdobeOutperform Votes
1675
70.82%
Underperform Votes
690
29.18%
WorkdayOutperform Votes
1424
65.23%
Underperform Votes
759
34.77%

In the previous week, Adobe had 139 more articles in the media than Workday. MarketBeat recorded 168 mentions for Adobe and 29 mentions for Workday. Workday's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Adobe's score of 0.38 indicating that Workday is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adobe
46 Very Positive mention(s)
21 Positive mention(s)
31 Neutral mention(s)
40 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Workday
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Adobe has a net margin of 25.85% compared to Workday's net margin of 19.86%. Adobe's return on equity of 45.22% beat Workday's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adobe25.85% 45.22% 22.89%
Workday 19.86%6.13%3.13%

Adobe has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workday has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Adobe beats Workday on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WDAY vs. The Competition

MetricWorkdayData processing & preparation IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$74.02B$4.43B$24.59B$9.28B
Dividend YieldN/A2.75%2.70%4.05%
P/E Ratio46.1534.75273.8817.57
Price / Sales9.072,122.662,987.86141.44
Price / Cash174.8533.4933.4938.32
Price / Book8.586.228.014.92
Net Income$1.38B$44.01M$656.11M$225.02M
7 Day Performance2.73%1.44%0.46%-1.00%
1 Month Performance7.27%15.70%10.49%5.83%
1 Year Performance2.05%26.41%25.68%22.86%

Workday Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WDAY
Workday
4.7245 of 5 stars
$278.01
-0.1%
$290.64
+4.5%
+2.1%$73.95B$8.16B46.1018,800Positive News
ADBE
Adobe
4.9481 of 5 stars
$464.79
-0.2%
$584.88
+25.8%
-21.1%$204.60B$21.51B37.5629,945Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
INTU
Intuit
4.5646 of 5 stars
$667.62
+1.7%
$737.44
+10.5%
+10.4%$186.88B$16.59B63.7318,800
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.4019 of 5 stars
$436.07
+6.7%
$479.25
+9.9%
+616.2%$88.37B$467.24M-201.091,934
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.4635 of 5 stars
$315.23
+2.8%
$327.92
+4.0%
+15.5%$86.46B$4.35B80.5111,200Positive News
SNPS
Synopsys
4.9467 of 5 stars
$520.38
+2.4%
$649.00
+24.7%
-6.1%$79.94B$6.13B35.0120,300
ADSK
Autodesk
4.5548 of 5 stars
$305.85
+0.7%
$323.05
+5.6%
+25.8%$65.76B$5.96B60.8514,100Short Interest ↑
Positive News
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.7972 of 5 stars
$2,172.13
+0.1%
$2,022.67
-6.9%
+92.1%$52.89B$1.72B106.063,586Insider Trade
Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
4.2155 of 5 stars
$341.99
+0.5%
$342.50
+0.1%
+16.0%$29.91B$2.47B52.516,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6427 of 5 stars
$613.83
+0.4%
$642.62
+4.7%
+49.6%$26.27B$1.95B111.627,300Positive News
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.4792 of 5 stars
$76.59
-0.1%
$77.75
+1.5%
+27.0%$18.97B$5.76B27.4526,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WDAY) was last updated on 12/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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