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PAYC vs. NET, EA, RBLX, HUBS, WIT, VEEV, ZS, BIDU, GDDY, and IOT

Should you be buying Paycom Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paycom Software include Cloudflare (NET), Electronic Arts (EA), Roblox (RBLX), HubSpot (HUBS), Wipro (WIT), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Zscaler (ZS), Baidu (BIDU), GoDaddy (GDDY), and Samsara (IOT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Paycom Software vs.

Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) and Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

In the previous week, Cloudflare had 2 more articles in the media than Paycom Software. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cloudflare and 22 mentions for Paycom Software. Cloudflare's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Paycom Software's score of 0.28 indicating that Cloudflare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Paycom Software
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cloudflare
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Paycom Software currently has a consensus price target of $199.75, suggesting a potential downside of 4.20%. Cloudflare has a consensus price target of $106.15, suggesting a potential downside of 9.37%. Given Paycom Software's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paycom Software is more favorable than Cloudflare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paycom Software
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cloudflare
3 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41

Paycom Software has a net margin of 25.78% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -5.97%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 32.90% beat Cloudflare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paycom Software25.78% 32.90% 11.07%
Cloudflare -5.97%-7.18%-2.12%

Paycom Software has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cloudflare has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Paycom Software$1.69B7.10$340.79M$8.3125.09
Cloudflare$1.57B25.57-$183.95M-$0.26-450.49

Paycom Software received 504 more outperform votes than Cloudflare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.88% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave Cloudflare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Paycom SoftwareOutperform Votes
688
63.88%
Underperform Votes
389
36.12%
CloudflareOutperform Votes
184
49.60%
Underperform Votes
187
50.40%

87.8% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cloudflare shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of Paycom Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Cloudflare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Paycom Software beats Cloudflare on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PAYC vs. The Competition

MetricPaycom SoftwarePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.02B$25.25B$26.76B$19.90B
Dividend Yield0.74%2.01%2.77%3.70%
P/E Ratio25.0992.65235.8541.44
Price / Sales7.1028.583,166.7217.16
Price / Cash26.6582.5634.2419.84
Price / Book9.6412.638.365.73
Net Income$340.79M$444.67M$669.74M$993.95M
7 Day Performance3.01%2.46%2.05%3.21%
1 Month Performance-0.47%4.29%5.07%5.20%
1 Year Performance6.58%30.29%26.38%19.33%

Paycom Software Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.2867 of 5 stars
$208.51
+0.3%
$199.75
-4.2%
+8.5%$12.02B$1.69B25.097,308Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NET
Cloudflare
4.038 of 5 stars
$109.52
-2.8%
$102.30
-6.6%
+52.0%$37.59B$1.57B-421.233,682Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
EA
Electronic Arts
4.7492 of 5 stars
$142.49
+1.2%
$165.37
+16.1%
+3.9%$37.37B$7.41B36.6313,700Insider Trade
News Coverage
RBLX
Roblox
3.0028 of 5 stars
$60.79
-1.7%
$56.14
-7.6%
+69.5%$36.93B$3.36B-37.072,457Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down
HUBS
HubSpot
4.0034 of 5 stars
$693.95
-1.5%
$719.30
+3.7%
+24.6%$35.82B$2.51B-2,570.097,663Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WIT
Wipro
0.7276 of 5 stars
$3.41
-3.1%
$5.60
+64.2%
-39.7%$35.64B$886.79B25.26240,000News Coverage
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.5334 of 5 stars
$211.60
-2.8%
$255.74
+20.9%
+7.4%$34.35B$2.66B52.255,480Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
ZS
Zscaler
4.2486 of 5 stars
$186.76
-1.7%
$224.84
+20.4%
-16.8%$28.66B$2.30B-747.047,348Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BIDU
Baidu
4.6147 of 5 stars
$78.34
+1.2%
$113.75
+45.2%
-18.9%$27.47B$134.84B9.5939,800
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.3647 of 5 stars
$192.71
-0.1%
$194.14
+0.7%
+87.8%$27.05B$4.48B14.896,910Insider Trade
News Coverage
IOT
Samsara
2.6733 of 5 stars
$43.19
-1.3%
$51.29
+18.7%
+44.5%$24.24B$1.18B-91.891,620Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage

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