Veeva Systems (VEEV) Competitors

Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) and Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is VEEV or SHOP more profitable?

Veeva Systems has a net margin of 25.07% compared to Shopify's net margin of 22.74%. Veeva Systems' return on equity of 13.56% beat Shopify's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veeva Systems	25.07%	13.56%	11.02%
Shopify	22.74%	12.00%	9.79%

Do analysts prefer VEEV or SHOP?

Veeva Systems presently has a consensus price target of $256.52, indicating a potential upside of 14.56%. Shopify has a consensus price target of $124.74, indicating a potential upside of 50.71%. Given Shopify's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shopify is more favorable than Veeva Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veeva Systems	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
Shopify	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VEEV or SHOP?

88.2% of Veeva Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. 10.5% of Veeva Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VEEV or SHOP?

Shopify has higher revenue and earnings than Veeva Systems. Veeva Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shopify, 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
Veeva Systems	$2.75B	13.26	$525.71M	$4.33	51.71
Shopify	$8.88B	12.07	$2.02B	$1.55	53.40

Does the media prefer VEEV or SHOP?

In the previous week, Shopify had 24 more articles in the media than Veeva Systems. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Shopify and 23 mentions for Veeva Systems. Veeva Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Shopify's score of 0.95 indicating that Veeva Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veeva Systems	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shopify	26 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VEEV or SHOP?

Shopify received 675 more outperform votes than Veeva Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.19% of users gave Veeva Systems an outperform vote while only 66.32% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veeva Systems	Outperform Votes 741 69.19%	Underperform Votes 330 30.81%
Shopify	Outperform Votes 1416 66.32%	Underperform Votes 719 33.68%

Which has more volatility and risk, VEEV or SHOP?

Veeva Systems has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.82, indicating that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Veeva Systems beats Shopify on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.