ORCL vs. NOW, CRM, ADBE, INTU, SHOP, SNPS, ASML, AMD, QCOM, and CSCO
Should you be buying Oracle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oracle include ServiceNow (NOW), Salesforce (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Shopify (SHOP), Synopsys (SNPS), ASML (ASML), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), and Cisco Systems (CSCO). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
42.4% of Oracle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ServiceNow shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.8% of Oracle shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock 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.
Oracle currently has a consensus target price of $130.76, indicating a potential upside of 12.08%. ServiceNow has a consensus target price of $808.73, indicating a potential upside of 10.82%. Given Oracle's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oracle is more favorable than ServiceNow.
ServiceNow has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Oracle's net margin of 20.27%. Oracle's return on equity of 336.11% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.
Oracle received 758 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.63% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 70.09% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ServiceNow had 17 more articles in the media than Oracle. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for ServiceNow and 40 mentions for Oracle. Oracle's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat ServiceNow's score of 0.50 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oracle has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oracle and ServiceNow tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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