Workiva (WK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PTC or WK?

PTC received 223 more outperform votes than Workiva when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.61% of users gave PTC an outperform vote while only 66.08% of users gave Workiva an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PTC	Outperform Votes 634 68.61%	Underperform Votes 290 31.39%
Workiva	Outperform Votes 411 66.08%	Underperform Votes 211 33.92%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PTC or WK?

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
PTC	$2.31B	8.34	$376.33M	$3.24	49.48
Workiva	$738.68M	6.16	-$127.53M	-$1.00	-81.03

Which has more volatility & risk, PTC or WK?

PTC has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Workiva has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend PTC or WK?

PTC presently has a consensus target price of $210.09, indicating a potential upside of 31.05%. Workiva has a consensus target price of $120.25, indicating a potential upside of 48.41%. Given Workiva's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Workiva is more favorable than PTC.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PTC	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Workiva	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PTC or WK more profitable?

PTC has a net margin of 16.95% compared to Workiva's net margin of -7.15%. PTC's return on equity of 14.49% beat Workiva's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PTC	16.95%	14.49%	7.25%
Workiva	-7.15%	N/A	-3.58%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PTC or WK?

95.1% of PTC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Workiva shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of PTC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Workiva shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PTC or WK?

In the previous week, PTC had 8 more articles in the media than Workiva. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for PTC and 11 mentions for Workiva. PTC's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Workiva's score of 0.98 indicating that PTC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PTC	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Workiva	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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