INFA vs. FICO, ANSS, MSTR, TYL, FDS, SSNC, AZPN, MANH, GWRE, and HCP
Should you be buying Informatica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Informatica include Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Tyler Technologies (TYL), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Aspen Technology (AZPN), Manhattan Associates (MANH), Guidewire Software (GWRE), and HashiCorp (HCP). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.
Informatica (NYSE:INFA) and Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Fair Isaac received 16 more outperform votes than Informatica when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.69% of users gave Informatica an outperform vote while only 60.36% of users gave Fair Isaac an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Fair Isaac had 6 more articles in the media than Informatica. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fair Isaac and 9 mentions for Informatica. Fair Isaac's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Informatica's score of 0.56 indicating that Fair Isaac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Informatica has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fair Isaac has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.4% of Informatica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of Informatica shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Fair Isaac shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fair Isaac has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Informatica. Informatica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fair Isaac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Informatica presently has a consensus price target of $35.45, indicating a potential upside of 22.94%. Fair Isaac has a consensus price target of $1,274.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Informatica's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Informatica is more favorable than Fair Isaac.
Fair Isaac has a net margin of 29.99% compared to Informatica's net margin of 0.03%. Informatica's return on equity of 5.31% beat Fair Isaac's return on equity.
Summary
Fair Isaac beats Informatica on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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