CRM vs. ADBE, INTU, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, 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), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), 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.
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Salesforce had 4 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for Salesforce and 94 mentions for Adobe. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Adobe's score of 1.09 indicating that Salesforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Salesforce received 1564 more outperform votes than Adobe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.47% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.
Adobe has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Adobe has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 presently has a consensus target price of $573.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.51%. Salesforce has a consensus target price of $377.63, indicating a potential upside of 15.47%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Adobe is more favorable than Salesforce.
81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Salesforce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Salesforce beats Adobe on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRM) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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