PWSC vs. CHKP, GEN, SSNC, OKTA, BSY, NTNX, DT, MANH, NICE, and DOCU
Should you be buying PowerSchool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PowerSchool include Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), Gen Digital (GEN), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), Okta (OKTA), Bentley Systems (BSY), Nutanix (NTNX), Dynatrace (DT), Manhattan Associates (MANH), NICE (NICE), and DocuSign (DOCU). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ:CHKP) and PowerSchool (NYSE:PWSC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Check Point Software Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $169.18, suggesting a potential upside of 12.41%. PowerSchool has a consensus price target of $25.44, suggesting a potential upside of 18.68%. Given Check Point Software Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PowerSchool is more favorable than Check Point Software Technologies.
87.6% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of PowerSchool shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Check Point Software Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PowerSchool shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Check Point Software Technologies has a net margin of 34.33% compared to Check Point Software Technologies' net margin of -5.37%. PowerSchool's return on equity of 31.42% beat Check Point Software Technologies' return on equity.
Check Point Software Technologies received 846 more outperform votes than PowerSchool when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.55% of users gave Check Point Software Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave PowerSchool an outperform vote.
Check Point Software Technologies has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerSchool has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Check Point Software Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than PowerSchool. PowerSchool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Check Point Software Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Check Point Software Technologies and Check Point Software Technologies both had 11 articles in the media. PowerSchool's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Check Point Software Technologies' score of 0.39 indicating that Check Point Software Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Check Point Software Technologies beats PowerSchool on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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