CRM vs. ADBE, INTU, SNPS, CDNS, ORCL, NOW, CRWD, SHOP, AMD, and QCOM
Should you be buying Salesforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salesforce include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Shopify (SHOP), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and QUALCOMM (QCOM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Salesforce received 1530 more outperform votes than Adobe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.77% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 70.80% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.
Adobe has a net margin of 24.08% compared to Adobe's net margin of 11.87%. Salesforce's return on equity of 39.12% beat Adobe's return on equity.
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.
In the previous week, Salesforce had 9 more articles in the media than Adobe. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Salesforce and 35 mentions for Adobe. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Adobe's score of 0.51 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Salesforce shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Adobe has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $620.72, suggesting a potential upside of 28.40%. Salesforce has a consensus target price of $310.61, suggesting a potential upside of 8.75%. Given Salesforce's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Salesforce.
Summary
Salesforce beats Adobe on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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