AI vs. QLYS, CVLT, PRGS, MSFT, ORCL, NOW, FTNT, AXON, MNDY, and PATH
Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), monday.com (MNDY), and UiPath (PATH).
Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) and C3.ai (NYSE:AI) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 51 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for C3.ai and 6 mentions for Qualys. C3.ai's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Qualys' score of 0.44 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.3% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Qualys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to Qualys' net margin of -93.36%. C3.ai's return on equity of 47.28% beat Qualys' return on equity.
Qualys has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3.ai has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Qualys has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qualys received 145 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.84% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote while only 51.54% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
Qualys currently has a consensus target price of $162.23, indicating a potential upside of 15.37%. C3.ai has a consensus target price of $31.30, indicating a potential upside of 5.85%. Given C3.ai's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Qualys is more favorable than C3.ai.
Summary
Qualys beats C3.ai on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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