CRM vs. ADBE, INTU, MSTR, SNPS, CDNS, WDAY, ADSK, FICO, ANSS, and TYL
Should you be buying Salesforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salesforce include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Salesforce vs.
Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Salesforce received 1564 more outperform votes than Adobe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.32% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 70.71% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.
Salesforce has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.4% of Salesforce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Adobe shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Salesforce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Adobe shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Adobe has a net margin of 25.85% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 15.96%. Adobe's return on equity of 45.87% beat Salesforce's return on equity.
Adobe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Salesforce. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salesforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Salesforce currently has a consensus price target of $362.74, indicating a potential upside of 26.71%. Adobe has a consensus price target of $538.80, indicating a potential upside of 36.59%. Given Adobe's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Salesforce.
In the previous week, Adobe had 36 more articles in the media than Salesforce. MarketBeat recorded 124 mentions for Adobe and 88 mentions for Salesforce. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Adobe's score of 0.97 indicating that Salesforce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Adobe beats Salesforce on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRM) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
