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$1,091.25 +16.38 (+1.52%)
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NOW vs. ORCL, FTNT, AXON, CVLT, QLYS, AI, PRGS, MSFT, CRM, and SAP

Should you be buying ServiceNow stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServiceNow include Oracle (ORCL), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), and SAP (SAP).

ServiceNow vs.

ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Oracle received 745 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.10% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 69.84% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ServiceNowOutperform Votes
1372
75.10%
Underperform Votes
455
24.90%
OracleOutperform Votes
2117
69.84%
Underperform Votes
914
30.16%

ServiceNow currently has a consensus price target of $1,042.37, indicating a potential downside of 4.48%. Oracle has a consensus price target of $181.48, indicating a potential upside of 6.97%. Given Oracle's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oracle is more favorable than ServiceNow.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ServiceNow
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Oracle
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

87.2% of ServiceNow shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Oracle shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 42.2% of Oracle 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.

Oracle has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ServiceNow$10.46B21.48$1.73B$6.43169.71
Oracle$54.93B8.64$10.47B$4.0941.48

Oracle has a net margin of 21.16% compared to ServiceNow's net margin of 12.77%. Oracle's return on equity of 133.25% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ServiceNow12.77% 16.03% 7.54%
Oracle 21.16%133.25%9.55%

In the previous week, Oracle had 19 more articles in the media than ServiceNow. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Oracle and 17 mentions for ServiceNow. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.53 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ServiceNow
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Oracle
13 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ServiceNow has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oracle has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Oracle beats ServiceNow on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NOW vs. The Competition

MetricServiceNowPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$224.80B$25.31B$24.25B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A2.25%2.71%3.57%
P/E Ratio169.7196.89270.7441.20
Price / Sales21.4813.943,154.5617.57
Price / Cash140.8291.5833.6721.28
Price / Book29.3312.857.755.32
Net Income$1.73B$446.45M$661.21M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-2.66%0.69%0.44%-3.59%
1 Month Performance6.67%14.25%9.01%-2.48%
1 Year Performance57.29%30.01%26.14%13.87%

ServiceNow Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOW
ServiceNow
4.1969 of 5 stars
$1,091.25
+1.5%
$1,042.37
-4.5%
+51.9%$224.80B$10.46B169.7122,668Analyst Forecast
ORCL
Oracle
4.5166 of 5 stars
$171.57
-1.0%
$183.63
+7.0%
+58.8%$479.87B$52.96B42.11159,000Analyst Downgrade
FTNT
Fortinet
4.1999 of 5 stars
$97.76
-0.2%
$90.43
-7.5%
+64.2%$74.93B$5.71B49.4713,568Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
AXON
Axon Enterprise
3.4445 of 5 stars
$642.83
-0.3%
$488.67
-24.0%
+140.6%$49.02B$1.56B166.644,260Insider Trade
CVLT
Commvault Systems
4.026 of 5 stars
$169.96
+0.8%
$151.25
-11.0%
+96.6%$7.43B$898.05M42.712,882Positive News
QLYS
Qualys
1.3915 of 5 stars
$147.50
0.0%
$152.80
+3.6%
-30.7%$5.40B$554.46M32.502,188
AI
C3.ai
2.9987 of 5 stars
$41.91
+6.2%
$35.55
-15.2%
+9.9%$5.32B$346.54M-17.86700Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
PRGS
Progress Software
3.8698 of 5 stars
$69.00
+0.1%
$67.67
-1.9%
+18.5%$2.96B$715.42M36.842,284Positive News
MSFT
Microsoft
4.8408 of 5 stars
$449.42
+0.5%
$505.43
+12.5%
+17.1%$3.34T$254.19B36.86228,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CRM
Salesforce
4.8944 of 5 stars
$354.02
-0.1%
$377.24
+6.6%
+27.1%$338.80B$37.19B58.4972,682Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
SAP
SAP
2.1057 of 5 stars
$253.69
+0.2%
$252.33
-0.5%
+58.4%$311.66B$33.77B101.32107,602

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This page (NYSE:NOW) was last updated on 12/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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