PSN vs. NET, EA, RBLX, HUBS, WIT, VEEV, ZS, BIDU, GDDY, and IOT
Should you be buying Parsons stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parsons 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.
Parsons vs.
Parsons (NYSE:PSN) and Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Cloudflare received 66 more outperform votes than Parsons when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.90% of users gave Parsons an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave Cloudflare an outperform vote.
Parsons has a net margin of 1.21% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -5.97%. Parsons' return on equity of 12.74% beat Cloudflare's return on equity.
Parsons currently has a consensus target price of $108.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.75%. Cloudflare has a consensus target price of $107.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.65%. Given Parsons' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Parsons is more favorable than Cloudflare.
In the previous week, Cloudflare had 15 more articles in the media than Parsons. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cloudflare and 8 mentions for Parsons. Cloudflare's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Parsons' score of 0.51 indicating that Cloudflare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.0% of Parsons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cloudflare shares are held by institutional investors. 56.0% of Parsons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Cloudflare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Parsons has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less 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.
Parsons has higher revenue and earnings than Cloudflare. Cloudflare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parsons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Parsons beats Cloudflare on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PSN) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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