Workiva (WK) Competitors

Workiva (NYSE:WK) and PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WK or PTC?

PTC received 222 more outperform votes than Workiva when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.82% of users gave PTC an outperform vote while only 65.86% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Workiva	Outperform Votes 407 65.86%	Underperform Votes 211 34.14%
PTC	Outperform Votes 629 68.82%	Underperform Votes 285 31.18%

Does the media prefer WK or PTC?

In the previous week, PTC had 14 more articles in the media than Workiva. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for PTC and 3 mentions for Workiva. Workiva's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat PTC's score of 0.72 indicating that Workiva is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Workiva	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PTC	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, WK or PTC?

Workiva has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PTC has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WK or PTC?

92.2% of Workiva shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of PTC shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Workiva shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of PTC shares are held by 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.

Do analysts rate WK or PTC?

Workiva presently has a consensus target price of $122.14, suggesting a potential upside of 9.01%. PTC has a consensus target price of $207.54, suggesting a potential upside of 10.52%. Given PTC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PTC is more favorable than Workiva.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Workiva	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PTC	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Is WK or PTC more profitable?

PTC has a net margin of 16.37% compared to Workiva's net margin of -7.15%. PTC's return on equity of 14.63% beat Workiva's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Workiva	-7.15%	N/A	-3.58%
PTC	16.37%	14.63%	7.01%

Which has better earnings and valuation, WK or PTC?

PTC has higher revenue and earnings than Workiva. Workiva is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PTC, 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
Workiva	$630.04M	9.85	-$127.53M	-$0.92	-121.79
PTC	$2.30B	9.83	$376.33M	$3.11	60.38

Summary

PTC beats Workiva on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.