PagerDuty (PD) Competitors

PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) and Parsons (NYSE:PSN) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is PD or PSN more profitable?

Parsons has a net margin of 1.30% compared to PagerDuty's net margin of -16.29%. Parsons' return on equity of 12.82% beat PagerDuty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PagerDuty	-16.29%	-22.02%	-3.77%
Parsons	1.30%	12.82%	5.73%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PD or PSN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PagerDuty	$467.50M	3.78	-$81.76M	-$0.59	-32.86
Parsons	$6.75B	0.96	$161.15M	$0.76	79.56

Do analysts prefer PD or PSN?

PagerDuty presently has a consensus price target of $20.73, indicating a potential upside of 6.90%. Parsons has a consensus price target of $99.44, indicating a potential upside of 64.47%. Given Parsons' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Parsons is more favorable than PagerDuty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PagerDuty	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Parsons	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PD or PSN?

PagerDuty received 27 more outperform votes than Parsons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.29% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote while only 57.92% of users gave PagerDuty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PagerDuty	Outperform Votes 150 57.92%	Underperform Votes 109 42.08%
Parsons	Outperform Votes 123 60.29%	Underperform Votes 81 39.71%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PD or PSN?

97.3% of PagerDuty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Parsons shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of PagerDuty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Parsons shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PD or PSN?

In the previous week, Parsons had 6 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Parsons and 7 mentions for PagerDuty. PagerDuty's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Parsons' score of 0.46 indicating that PagerDuty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PagerDuty	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Parsons	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, PD or PSN?

PagerDuty has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parsons has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Parsons beats PagerDuty on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.