NOW vs. ORCL, FTNT, AXON, QLYS, CVLT, AI, PRGS, MSFT, CRM, and ADBE
Should you be buying ServiceNow stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ServiceNow include Oracle (ORCL), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), and Adobe (ADBE).
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Oracle received 758 more outperform votes than ServiceNow when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.63% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 70.09% of users gave Oracle an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ServiceNow had 14 more articles in the media than Oracle. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for ServiceNow and 25 mentions for Oracle. ServiceNow's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Oracle's score of 0.70 indicating that Oracle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
42.4% of Oracle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of ServiceNow shares are owned by institutional investors. 42.8% of Oracle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ServiceNow shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Oracle has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ServiceNow has a net margin of 20.34% compared to ServiceNow's net margin of 20.27%. ServiceNow's return on equity of 336.11% beat Oracle's return on equity.
Oracle has higher revenue and earnings than ServiceNow. Oracle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oracle currently has a consensus price target of $130.76, indicating a potential upside of 11.58%. ServiceNow has a consensus price target of $814.48, indicating a potential upside of 23.98%. Given Oracle's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Oracle.
Summary
ServiceNow beats Oracle on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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