CWAN vs. NTNX, CHKP, OKTA, GEN, BSY, SSNC, DT, MANH, DOCU, and NICE
Should you be buying Clearwater Analytics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clearwater Analytics include Nutanix (NTNX), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Okta (OKTA), Gen Digital (GEN), Bentley Systems (BSY), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Dynatrace (DT), Manhattan Associates (MANH), DocuSign (DOCU), and NICE (NICE). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Clearwater Analytics (NYSE:CWAN) and Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
50.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Nutanix shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Clearwater Analytics shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Nutanix 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.
Nutanix has a net margin of -0.57% compared to Clearwater Analytics' net margin of -3.90%. Clearwater Analytics' return on equity of 1.25% beat Nutanix's return on equity.
Clearwater Analytics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nutanix. Nutanix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clearwater Analytics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nutanix received 641 more outperform votes than Clearwater Analytics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.65% of users gave Nutanix an outperform vote while only 36.25% of users gave Clearwater Analytics an outperform vote.
Clearwater Analytics presently has a consensus price target of $21.70, indicating a potential upside of 14.33%. Nutanix has a consensus price target of $72.77, indicating a potential upside of 31.55%. Given Nutanix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nutanix is more favorable than Clearwater Analytics.
Clearwater Analytics has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutanix has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Nutanix had 32 more articles in the media than Clearwater Analytics. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Nutanix and 8 mentions for Clearwater Analytics. Clearwater Analytics' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Nutanix's score of 0.42 indicating that Clearwater Analytics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Nutanix beats Clearwater Analytics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CWAN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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