U vs. NET, RBLX, PTC, TYL, MBLY, CHKP, MDB, GEN, SSNC, and OKTA
Should you be buying Unity Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unity Software include Cloudflare (NET), Roblox (RBLX), PTC (PTC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), MongoDB (MDB), Gen Digital (GEN), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), and Okta (OKTA). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) and Unity Software (NYSE:U) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Cloudflare has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unity Software has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cloudflare has a net margin of -13.10% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -40.11%. Cloudflare's return on equity of -7.73% beat Unity Software's return on equity.
Cloudflare received 89 more outperform votes than Unity Software when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.03% of users gave Cloudflare an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave Unity Software an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cloudflare had 15 more articles in the media than Unity Software. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Cloudflare and 7 mentions for Unity Software. Cloudflare's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Unity Software's score of 0.59 indicating that Unity Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cloudflare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Unity Software. Cloudflare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unity Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
82.7% of Cloudflare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Unity Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Cloudflare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Unity Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cloudflare currently has a consensus target price of $90.70, indicating a potential upside of 28.23%. Unity Software has a consensus target price of $35.38, indicating a potential upside of 104.88%. Given Cloudflare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unity Software is more favorable than Cloudflare.
Summary
Cloudflare beats Unity Software on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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