NOW vs. ORCL, FTNT, AXON, CVLT, QLYS, AI, PRGS, MSFT, SAP, and CRM
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), SAP (SAP), and Salesforce (CRM).
ServiceNow vs.
ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
ServiceNow currently has a consensus target price of $1,129.72, suggesting a potential upside of 16.68%. Oracle has a consensus target price of $182.73, suggesting a potential upside of 3.82%. Given ServiceNow's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Oracle.
Oracle received 733 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.22% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 69.84% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
87.2% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Oracle shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.2% of Oracle shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Oracle has a net margin of 21.16% compared to ServiceNow's net margin of 12.97%. Oracle's return on equity of 133.25% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.
ServiceNow has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oracle has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Oracle had 28 more articles in the media than ServiceNow. MarketBeat recorded 103 mentions for Oracle and 75 mentions for ServiceNow. ServiceNow's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Oracle's score of 1.19 indicating that ServiceNow is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
ServiceNow and Oracle tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NOW) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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