BILL (BILL) Competitors

BILL (NYSE:BILL) and Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BILL or OKTA?

98.0% of BILL shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Okta shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of BILL shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Okta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, BILL or OKTA?

BILL has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Okta has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BILL or OKTA?

Okta received 403 more outperform votes than BILL when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.20% of users gave Okta an outperform vote while only 55.08% of users gave BILL an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BILL	Outperform Votes 179 55.08%	Underperform Votes 146 44.92%
Okta	Outperform Votes 582 58.20%	Underperform Votes 418 41.80%

Does the media refer more to BILL or OKTA?

In the previous week, BILL had 30 more articles in the media than Okta. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for BILL and 30 mentions for Okta. Okta's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat BILL's score of 0.30 indicating that Okta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BILL	12 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	28 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Okta	25 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BILL or OKTA?

BILL currently has a consensus target price of $73.39, indicating a potential upside of 73.85%. Okta has a consensus target price of $116.09, indicating a potential upside of 15.85%. Given BILL's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BILL is more favorable than Okta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BILL	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Okta	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BILL or OKTA?

BILL has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Okta. BILL is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Okta, 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
BILL	$1.39B	3.10	-$28.88M	-$0.01	-4,221.30
Okta	$2.61B	6.67	-$355M	$0.04	2,505.25

Is BILL or OKTA more profitable?

BILL has a net margin of 5.90% compared to Okta's net margin of -1.54%. BILL's return on equity of 1.53% beat Okta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BILL	5.90%	1.53%	0.66%
Okta	-1.54%	0.47%	0.32%

Summary

Okta beats BILL on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.