BSY vs. TRMB, PLAN, DBX, BILL, APPN, NTES, PLTR, ADSK, SNOW, and TEAM
Should you be buying Bentley Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bentley Systems include Trimble (TRMB), Anaplan (PLAN), Dropbox (DBX), BILL (BILL), Appian (APPN), NetEase (NTES), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Autodesk (ADSK), Snowflake (SNOW), and Atlassian (TEAM).
Bentley Systems (NASDAQ:BSY) and Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Bentley Systems has a net margin of 28.09% compared to Trimble's net margin of 6.25%. Bentley Systems' return on equity of 32.62% beat Trimble's return on equity.
Bentley Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trimble. Bentley Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trimble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trimble received 498 more outperform votes than Bentley Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.35% of users gave Trimble an outperform vote while only 62.64% of users gave Bentley Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Trimble had 2 more articles in the media than Bentley Systems. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Trimble and 4 mentions for Bentley Systems. Bentley Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Trimble's score of 1.21 indicating that Bentley Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bentley Systems has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trimble has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
44.2% of Bentley Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Trimble shares are held by institutional investors. 21.1% of Bentley Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Trimble shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bentley Systems presently has a consensus price target of $61.29, indicating a potential upside of 20.59%. Trimble has a consensus price target of $66.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.23%. Given Trimble's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Trimble is more favorable than Bentley Systems.
Summary
Bentley Systems beats Trimble on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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