AI vs. QLYS, CVLT, PRGS, MSFT, ORCL, NOW, FTNT, AXON, MNDY, and PATH
Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), monday.com (MNDY), and UiPath (PATH).
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Qualys received 148 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.84% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
C3.ai presently has a consensus price target of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.84%. Qualys has a consensus price target of $162.23, suggesting a potential upside of 15.52%. Given C3.ai's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Qualys.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 5 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for C3.ai and 8 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat C3.ai's score of 0.38 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Qualys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -95.21%. Qualys' return on equity of 47.28% beat C3.ai's return on equity.
Qualys has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Qualys beats C3.ai on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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