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AI vs. CVLT, QLYS, PRGS, MSFT, ORCL, NOW, FTNT, AXON, DT, and CYBR

Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Dynatrace (DT), and CyberArk Software (CYBR).

C3.ai vs.

Commvault Systems (NASDAQ:CVLT) and C3.ai (NYSE:AI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Commvault Systems has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Commvault Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Commvault Systems$839.25M8.40$168.91M$3.9540.83
C3.ai$310.58M13.29-$279.70M-$2.21-14.47

In the previous week, Commvault Systems had 5 more articles in the media than C3.ai. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Commvault Systems and 13 mentions for C3.ai. C3.ai's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Commvault Systems' score of 0.11 indicating that C3.ai is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Commvault Systems
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
C3.ai
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Commvault Systems received 198 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Commvault Systems an outperform vote while only 50.68% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Commvault SystemsOutperform Votes
572
64.78%
Underperform Votes
311
35.22%
C3.aiOutperform Votes
374
50.68%
Underperform Votes
364
49.32%

93.5% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Commvault Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of C3.ai shares are owned by 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.

Commvault Systems has a net margin of 19.75% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -79.17%. Commvault Systems' return on equity of 31.62% beat C3.ai's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Commvault Systems19.75% 31.62% 8.79%
C3.ai -79.17%-31.31%-26.09%

Commvault Systems currently has a consensus target price of $154.56, indicating a potential downside of 4.17%. C3.ai has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given C3.ai's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Commvault Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Commvault Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
C3.ai
4 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Commvault Systems has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3.ai has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Commvault Systems beats C3.ai on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AI vs. The Competition

MetricC3.aiPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.13B$25.47B$26.93B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A2.08%2.79%3.71%
P/E Ratio-14.4793.17236.2341.44
Price / Sales13.2928.603,198.9817.08
Price / CashN/A82.5634.2419.84
Price / Book4.5312.638.355.73
Net Income-$279.70M$444.67M$669.74M$993.95M
7 Day Performance-1.40%2.38%1.72%3.14%
1 Month Performance-25.41%1.99%3.62%1.89%
1 Year Performance31.31%29.86%26.92%19.67%

C3.ai Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AI
C3.ai
3.1403 of 5 stars
$31.98
-1.0%
$35.00
+9.5%
+29.0%$4.13B$310.58M-14.47700Insider Trade
CVLT
Commvault Systems
4.1316 of 5 stars
$154.61
+0.4%
$151.25
-2.2%
+106.4%$6.76B$898.05M39.142,882Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
QLYS
Qualys
2.8689 of 5 stars
$133.77
-0.2%
$152.80
+14.2%
-29.0%$4.89B$592.95M29.462,188Insider Trade
News Coverage
PRGS
Progress Software
4.2543 of 5 stars
$62.10
-0.2%
$70.17
+13.0%
+18.9%$2.66B$715.42M33.212,284Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9414 of 5 stars
$415.02
-0.9%
$511.62
+23.3%
+8.8%$3.09T$254.19B34.24228,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
Gap Up
ORCL
Oracle
4.9587 of 5 stars
$153.54
-0.6%
$181.48
+18.2%
+49.8%$429.44B$54.93B37.54159,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
NOW
ServiceNow
4.3748 of 5 stars
$1,006.71
-1.7%
$1,071.39
+6.4%
+45.3%$207.38B$10.46B156.5622,668Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
FTNT
Fortinet
4.5507 of 5 stars
$93.53
-1.1%
$94.35
+0.9%
+51.7%$71.69B$5.71B47.2413,568Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
AXON
Axon Enterprise
2.9839 of 5 stars
$567.47
-0.4%
$504.92
-11.0%
+134.8%$43.27B$1.94B146.634,260Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
DT
Dynatrace
4.9345 of 5 stars
$50.73
+0.1%
$62.08
+22.4%
-8.6%$15.14B$1.56B92.243,600Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CYBR
CyberArk Software
1.9206 of 5 stars
$337.77
-1.8%
$350.22
+3.7%
+55.8%$14.72B$751.89M1,251.052,140Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑

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